re: #195 ericblair

The EU is dragging its ass on this, partly because the regulatory process for foods is slow, but I’d assume mostly that the governments are dreading the reaction from the European ag industry, who IMO are more politically powerful than the US ag industry. I’m sure we’ll get tonnes of cowshit dumped on legislature lawns on a regular basis and tractors blocking the highways.

The meat producing /packing industry is one of the few European industries that cannot be massively outsourced and is one of the few sources of jobs for people from rural areas with low education.

It is truly a sacred cow, so to speak.