Post by BBQ Butcher on Nov 11, 2007 7:03:35 GMT -5
WASHINGTON - It's a fight that has the nation's largest chicken producers squabbling, Big Sugar and Big Corn skirmishing and Sara Lee mixing it up with Farmer John.
Lawmakers, too, have joined the fray, which already is thick with dueling petitions and at least one lawsuit. Meanwhile, government food regulators are uncertain how to proceed.
The question is at face value a simple one: When can food products, from chicken breasts to soda pop, rightfully be labeled as "natural?"
Lawmakers, too, have joined the fray, which already is thick with dueling petitions and at least one lawsuit. Meanwhile, government food regulators are uncertain how to proceed.
The question is at face value a simple one: When can food products, from chicken breasts to soda pop, rightfully be labeled as "natural?"
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21671655/
Oh no, the gov't is getting involved!
"Under any definition of the term, natural chicken does not contain salt, phosphates, sea salt, preservatives, carrageenan, nor is it pumped with up to 15 percent solution and other ingredients," Lampkin Butts, president and chief operating officer of Sanderson Farms, told a federal hearing last year.
And that goes for Walmarts/Targets (and others) beef and pork, too!
I don't want 'natural' flavoring added to my steak or roast, so leave it alone already!
And while we are at it, stop the practice of adding a shot of CO2 to the packaging in order to stretch the shelf life from 3 days to 3 weeks!!!
