Environmental Working Group
The Environmental Working Group is a non-profit organization which is petitioning the United States Department of Agriculture to prohibit "climate-friendly" claims on beef products as deceptive greenwashing after Tyson Foods became the first beef producer to receive the USDA's "climate-friendly" label.[1][2] As the petition describes:
Neither Brazen or Tyson Foods identifies the farmers or ranchers adopting these practices, names the practices that have been adopted, or produces data demonstrating that these practices have reduced the nitrous oxide emissions caused by fertilizing animal feed or the methane emissions caused by animals and their manure... To verify these claims, Tyson contends that the company “can now track beef emissions at the individual animal level” and that the data is collected and verified through third-party auditors, such as Where Foods Comes From, Inc. However, no information on data collection or verification is publicly available from Where Food Comes From.[3]
Sources
- ↑ https://foodindustryexecutive.com/2023/03/tyson-creates-climate-smart-beef-program-first-beef-product-to-earn-usda-climate-friendly-label/
- ↑ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/9/8/23863100/tyson-climate-friendly-beef-burger-usda
- ↑ https://static.ewg.org/upload/pdf/EWG_FSIS_Petition_on_Tyson_Climate-Friendly_Beef_Claims.pdf