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Congress members urge USDA to ‘educate consumers’ on LFTB safety

20-Apr-2012

Thirty members of Congress have called on the USDA to “correct the public record and educate consumers about the safety of lean finely textured beef (LFTB)”.

In a letter addressed to agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack, the Congress members wrote: “We agree with you that consumers should always have the ability to exercise choice in the marketplace. … However, in the current environment of rampant and intentional mischaracterization and misinformation, it is incumbent on all of us to ensure consumers are able to make choices that are based on facts, rather than emotion and hysteria.”

The letter is available to download here .