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In reply to the discussion: What does the Supreme Court of the United States say about GMOs? [View all]Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)if, for example, they were to claim that grass-fed beef was healthier than grain-fed, they should have evidence to back it up. The cows may suffer less stress, and that may be a valid argument to advocate for marketing grass-fed over grain-fed, but the jury is out on that.
Same for pretty much any other claim, if you think your fair trade coffee was ethically harvested, then have evidence to back that up, and evidence that its better than non-fair trade coffee because of this.
Same goes for the free range chickens. The term isn't really protected or regulated well in the United States, so is really more a marketing term that means little. All that's required to have chickens labeled "free range" is to allow them access to the outdoors, which can mean a small fenced in yard with gravel and no grass. There's no regulation on "free range" eggs.
Voluntary labels are great and all, to make people feel good about themselves, but otherwise its just marketing.