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NCBA, R-CALF, COOL, USDA (No Politics!)
R-CALF Urges Vilsack to Immediately Redress 3 USDA BLUNDERS
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<blockquote data-quote="Oldtimer" data-source="post: 623595" data-attributes="member: 97"><p>Yep--If you read the history of the meatpackers you will find they have controlled/tried to control marketing for 150 years- some of which was broken up by anti trust laws- but with 15 years of non enforcement of anti trust laws they are more integrated than ever ....Thats where they got the name Meat Mafia...They even used the Sicilian mafia techniques of marrying one Packer family to another to gain more control when they couldn't do it any other way....</p><p></p><p>I agree with your NFU that we need to stop the captive supply- something a Packer Ownership Ban in both countries will do--but to go along with it we need TRUTH IN LABELING- which includes M-COOL- so the Packers can't go out and cheaply source Mexican or S.A. cattle/beef- much of it raised in areas where no enviromental/chemical/cattle pharmaceutical/feed laws are enforced or in some cases even exist--then slap a USDA label on it and pass it off as Domestic product..</p><p>As long as they can source cheaper in other areas- without truthfully telling the consumer- pass it off as domestic raised- they will...And they will keep US/Canadian prices depressed..</p><p>Just like our monopolized banking/mortgage industries-- Ethics no longer prevail- GREED has taken over...And without regulation/policing they aren't going to change...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldtimer, post: 623595, member: 97"] Yep--If you read the history of the meatpackers you will find they have controlled/tried to control marketing for 150 years- some of which was broken up by anti trust laws- but with 15 years of non enforcement of anti trust laws they are more integrated than ever ....Thats where they got the name Meat Mafia...They even used the Sicilian mafia techniques of marrying one Packer family to another to gain more control when they couldn't do it any other way.... I agree with your NFU that we need to stop the captive supply- something a Packer Ownership Ban in both countries will do--but to go along with it we need TRUTH IN LABELING- which includes M-COOL- so the Packers can't go out and cheaply source Mexican or S.A. cattle/beef- much of it raised in areas where no enviromental/chemical/cattle pharmaceutical/feed laws are enforced or in some cases even exist--then slap a USDA label on it and pass it off as Domestic product.. As long as they can source cheaper in other areas- without truthfully telling the consumer- pass it off as domestic raised- they will...And they will keep US/Canadian prices depressed.. Just like our monopolized banking/mortgage industries-- Ethics no longer prevail- GREED has taken over...And without regulation/policing they aren't going to change... [/QUOTE]
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