On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 10:56:59 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> On 7/12/2014 10:47 AM, wrote:
> > On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 06:51:40 -0700, sf > wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 09:45:14 -0400, Nancy Young
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 7/12/2014 6:45 AM, wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I like that in the UK I can see the string beans came from Kenya or
> >>>> bananas from Honduras.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/COOL
> >>>
> >>
> >> The grass fed beef we get at Safeway comes from Australia. It's not
> >> cheap, but it's less than American grass fed. Plus it has none of the
> >> weird off taste their lamb has (a flavor I'm tempted to call muttony,
> >> except I've never eaten mutton so I don't know for sure).
> >
> > Do Safeway make sure you know it comes from Australia ? Is there a
> > sign pointing out this is Australian beef, and another this is US
> > beef? Sometimes done here if they want to emphasise our own home
> > grown lamb or beef, but not really for our benefit.
>
> They had better, that's the federal I posted.
>

She's so close to the USA, yet in on another planet.

AFAIK, US meat is not labeled as such unless it's from a particular
ranch or producer. That's how I figured out (genius that I am) the
lamb at Lucky is American. There is no country of origin on the
label; so the sleuth that resides deep inside me *asked* the butcher
if it was American lamb and he confirmed it was.

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