MessageFrom: donna.l.zuba@smithbarney.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 1:31 PM
To: MarketingClaim
Subject: grass fed beef



USDA:

As a long time consumer of grass fed beef I am writing to say that the claim
which defines grass fed to mean animals who receive 99% of their lifetime energy
supply from grass and forage is too vague and falls short of defining where this
forage diet can be fed. To me, and the reason I buy grass fed beef, the term
grass fed means cattle humanely raised in grass pastures from birth to harvest,
the way nature intended.  As a consumer I STRONGLY feel that any grass fed
standard must address and restrict confinement feeding as an integral part of
that standard, otherwise the label will lose its integrity.  I hope you will
help maintain the integrity of the standard that all consumer depend on when we
choose to purchase GRASS FED beef.

Donna L. Zuba
213 S Sherman Place 
Kennewick WA 99336
5097833023