On January 11, Farm Sanctuary, the nation's leading farm animal shelter and advocacy organization criticized the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) "natural" label as misleading and meaningless. The organization submitted comments to the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) of the USDA opposing the "natural" label on products from animals raised on industrialized factory farms or "derived from animals whose lives have been otherwise altered and manipulated in blatantly unnatural ways." These comments, submitted in reference to USDA Docket No. FSIS 2006-0040, also challenge the USDA for allowing meat from animals given growth hormones and antibiotics to be labeled as "natural."
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