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  •  "Naturally raised" confuses even the butchers (6+ / 0-)

    Thanks Jillian,  I just submitted my comment as follows:

    This term "naturally raised" apparently even confuses the butchers.  I had a recent experience with a grocery store that opened in the building of a favorite local store that had closed.  A former vegetarian for nearly 20 years, I only purchase grass-fed beef and when I asked the butchers whether they had any, they directed me to the "naturally raised" beef they carried.  I was surprised because it was so much cheaper than what I had been buying at Whole Foods, but took the butchers at their word at first.  Then one day I saw a pamphlet on that brand, took it home and read it to learn that the beef was just standard corn-fattened beef that everyone carries.  I felt extremely angry and upset.  I went back to complain to the butchers, but they didn't care at that point because the store was already going out of business and moving across town.  I do not think they intended to mislead me, but were apparently just ignorant about what grass-fed beef means.  We need labels that everyone can understand.  Stop trying to foist inferior products on the public by deceptive labeling.  It will only make us angrier when we learn the truth.  At this point I will no longer purchase beef that is not specifically labeled grass-fed, and if it gets down to it and we can’t depend on the government for honesty in food labeling I can stop buying beef altogether with no problem.

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