Tell the USDA: Protect the Integrity of the "Product of USA" Label!

The “Product of USA” sticker on the meat we buy in the supermarket should mean just that, but doesn’t because big food producers don’t want it to mean what it says.

This is a shameful case of government-sanctioned and protected fraud. It is also a case of crony capitalism.

Current USDA policy allows foreign meat to be imported to the US and carry the “Product of USA” label—all it needs to do is pass through a USDA-inspected plant. This loophole allows corporations to disguise their products.

Write to Congress and the USDA, telling them to stop this government-sanctioned fraud.

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Please Protect the Integrity of the "Product of USA" Label

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Many of us look for the "Product of USA" sticker on the meat we buy in the supermarket, and are unaware that the USDA allows meat raised outside the US to carry that label. It's just another case of government-sanctioned and protected fraud. It is also another example of crony capitalism.

Current USDA policy allows foreign meat to be imported to the US and carry the "Product of USA" label--all it needs to do is pass through a USDA-inspected plant. This loophole allows foreign multinational corporations to disguise their products in the lucrative US market.

Labels should mean something, but too often they don't in our broken food system.  Country of origin labeling (COOL) was repealed for beef in 2015--despite one poll finding that 92% of Americans supported COOL. Two years later, Brazilian authorities announced a federal investigation into widespread corruption in the country's meat-packing industry--including some of the largest producers in the world--in which acid and carcinogenic chemicals were added to meat to make it look fresh. Without COOL for beef, Americans had no way of avoiding tainted meat from Brazil.

This government-sanctioned fraud cannot be allowed to continue. Please reverse this policy and close the loophole.

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