MessageFrom: rabmrs@Shulevitz.Com
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 5:47 PM
To: MarketingClaim
Subject: FW: grass-fed rule on beef




-----Original Message-----
From: Marion Shulevitz [mailto:rabmrs@Shulevitz.Com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 5:41 PM
To: marketingclalim@usda.gov
Subject: grass-fed rule on beef


I am writing to protest the Agriculture Dept.'s proposal to allow animals to be
labeled grass-fed even if  not pasture raised and  not free of admimistered 
anti-biotics and hormones. To me, this is sheer chicanery, aimed at fooling the
American public into believing that the Department is protecting them when it is
doing nothing of the kind. It is significant that producers of grass-fed beef,
the American Grassfed Association do not accept these weakened standards.
I urge you to immediately drop these blatantly false proposals and develop true
standards, such as proposed by the Assocation, which include pasture raising and
no administring of antibiotics and hormones.

Sisncerely yours,

Rabbi Marion Shulevitz

15 W. 81 St. #11F
New York, NY 10024
(212) 496-8977