I saw this and thought I would share and see what others think.
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I can completely understand the Louisiana Agricultural & Forestry Commissioners viewpoint. I also understand where it comes from. Years ago when the Chinese showed up selling their crawfish using Louisiana packaging names to intentionally misdirect the consumer i.e. "Boudreaux's Crawfish". The Louisiana crawfish farmers took offense because the Chinese crayfish were a cheaper but also less appealing (larger and much much tuffer). When the packaging was challenged in court they changed it in small print, and started packaging the crawfish offshore Louisiana in their processing ships to comply with the new packaging requirements. Which also alleviated the import taxes and tariffs. Now after years of education most folks have tried both and understand the difference. But its taken 30 years to get that way and some creative changes by domestic producers to stay competitive.
I have no problem with soy burgers, the lunch lady and the Mess cook could make 'em taste however they wanted but you could still tell from the density. I am sure some of today's veggie burgers are far superior to those. But I still want to know they are NOT meat.
Its almost like infringing upon a trademark which is 1000's of years old. Again I have no problem trying they today, but I still think of Soylent Green. I know when I grind chuck where it is from. Its not 100% protected but, I think back to "Pink Slime". They did do away with it as I would have hoped.
I think all should be open to all, nut I also believe in truth in advertising.
So whats your idea and why?
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I can completely understand the Louisiana Agricultural & Forestry Commissioners viewpoint. I also understand where it comes from. Years ago when the Chinese showed up selling their crawfish using Louisiana packaging names to intentionally misdirect the consumer i.e. "Boudreaux's Crawfish". The Louisiana crawfish farmers took offense because the Chinese crayfish were a cheaper but also less appealing (larger and much much tuffer). When the packaging was challenged in court they changed it in small print, and started packaging the crawfish offshore Louisiana in their processing ships to comply with the new packaging requirements. Which also alleviated the import taxes and tariffs. Now after years of education most folks have tried both and understand the difference. But its taken 30 years to get that way and some creative changes by domestic producers to stay competitive.
I have no problem with soy burgers, the lunch lady and the Mess cook could make 'em taste however they wanted but you could still tell from the density. I am sure some of today's veggie burgers are far superior to those. But I still want to know they are NOT meat.
Its almost like infringing upon a trademark which is 1000's of years old. Again I have no problem trying they today, but I still think of Soylent Green. I know when I grind chuck where it is from. Its not 100% protected but, I think back to "Pink Slime". They did do away with it as I would have hoped.
I think all should be open to all, nut I also believe in truth in advertising.
So whats your idea and why?