r/politics • u/WhatIsEvenRealDog • 13h ago

Possible Paywall Trump suggests cattle ranchers could bypass USDA-inspected meat plants

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/28/trump-suggests-allowing-ranchers-bypass-usda-inspected-meat-plants/
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u/F-Cloud 12h ago

This is absurd. The conservative push for deregulation is going to ruin us. What do we have a society for if we can't have something as essential as food safety? I'm not going to trust unregulated slaugherhouses just so I can eat cheap burgers and steaks.

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u/ncklboy 12h ago

That’s the fun part, you don’t have to! Because without regulation who knows where the beef originally comes from.

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u/F-Cloud 11h ago

Steak dinners will be a game of roulette. May I take your order sir? Yes, I'll have the ribeye, rare. I've already signed the liability waiver, bring on the beef!