From: bechtol@hotmail.com
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 12:09 PM
To: MarketingClaim
Subject: Grass fed beef Docket No. LS-05-09


To whom it may concern:

With regards to your grass fed standards (Docket No. LS-05-09) to define what
the term Grass Fed means.  When I consume grass fed beef, I think that it means
it was  humanely raised in grass pastures from birth to harvest, the way nature
intended. Your proposal to allow animals to be kept in confinement, fed
harvested forage, corn silage and other grains that have not been separated from
their stalks should not be included in this definition for grass fed.  If this
proposed claim passes into regulation you could see feedlot beef fed
antibiotics, hormones and legally be labeled grass fed Beef. This is completely
dishonest and misleading to the consumer.

The term Grass Fed Beef means range or pasture raised not Factory Farmed,
confinement raised.

As a consumer I strongly believe that the standard for grass fed must include
reference to being raised on pasture and a restriction of confinement feeding
systems.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this proposed claim.

Regards,

Vanessa Bechtol
2544 E. 6th St.
Tucson, AZ 85716