Beaver Anal Glands = Natural flavoring?

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Sunday September 02, 2012 · 2:18 PM PDT

2012/09/02 · 14:18

Or, Regulation = Freer Markets

For years, various food companies have been using "castoreum" to flavor ice cream and other foods because of its rich, sensuous, vanilla-like flavor. The problem? Castoreum is a fancy word for a compound extracted from the crushed anal glands of beavers. Not only is this stuff disgusting and inhumane, it's kept totally secret. Under FDA rules, companies don't need to include castoreum on the ingredients list -- they can just call it "natural flavoring."

Technically speaking, beaver ass glands are natural, and beaver ass gland flavor could technically be described as a natural flavor. What's more natural than beavers? Let's see...

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Would you prefer to know if your food was flavored with beaver anal glands?

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Would you prefer to know if your food was flavored with beaver anal glands?

Yes

1145 votes

101 votes

Only my pie

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A metaphor for the modern Republican...

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Tuesday August 07, 2007 · 1:22 PM PDT

2007/08/07 · 13:22

The lies, the hypocrisy, the deceit, the endless banality. All wrapped up in one incident. Florida State Rep. Bob Allen (R), a co-chairman of John McCain’s presidential campaign here in Florida, got in a little legal trouble about a month ago.

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Friday November 17, 2006 · 2:01 PM PST

2006/11/17 · 14:01

November 15, 2006

http://government.zdnet.com/...

Sarasota, FL, junks e-voting machines
Government technology State & Local Govt Elections
Things went so swimmingly on election day in Sarasota County, FL, that the county will abandon touch-screen voting in 2008 and return to paper ballots, the Orland Sentinel reports.

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Beaver Anal Glands = Natural flavoring?

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