{"id":754785,"date":"2018-09-27T08:22:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T12:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=754785"},"modified":"2018-09-27T08:22:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T12:22:47","slug":"the-fight-over-defining-milk-and-meat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=754785","title":{"rendered":"The fight over defining &#8216;milk&#8217; and &#8216;meat&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>Dairy promoters want to control the term 'milk', the slaughter industry wants to regulate the term 'meat' so that plant-based burgers and other alternatives to animal flesh cannot use the term.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>GENE BAUR:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;For decades, the dairy industry, along with other factory-farming interests, has invested heavily in the political system, and it is a perennial recipient of preferential policies and government subsidies. And similar to the way dairy promoters want to control the term &#8220;milk,&#8221; the slaughter industry wants to regulate the term &#8220;meat&#8221; so that plant-based burgers and other alternatives to animal flesh cannot use the term. The industry is now lobbying in Washington and in states such as Missouri, where they&#8217;ve advanced a law to prevent the word &#8220;meat&#8221; from being used on anything other than the &#8220;edible portion of livestock or poultry carcass&#8221;&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Like the dairy industry, the meat industry seems to oppose transparent and descriptive labels. Ironically, while the animal agriculture industry argues for accuracy, it commonly uses misleading euphemisms such as &#8220;harvesting&#8221; to describe animal slaughter. If the goal is to be clear and transparent, the flesh of slaughtered animals should actually be called &#8220;the flesh of slaughtered animals&#8221; or &#8220;a portion of animal carcass&#8221;&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Rather than misleading consumers, undermining free speech and discouraging a discussion of unsavory truths in our industrial food system, agriculture needs to evolve. The good news is that despite regressive efforts by industry hard-liners, a growing number of businesses, including some with long traditions in animal agriculture, are investing in plant-based foods. They are working to provide nutritious food sustainably without causing needless violence. 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