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By "Milbarge" and "Fitz-Hume"

On tv recently I saw a McDonald's commercial about how great the ingredients in its food are. The eggs are fresh, the salads are green, etc. When they showed some beef and extolled its beefiness or whatever, there was fine print on the screen that said something like "McDonald's beef is USDA-inspected." That struck me as an odd way to put it. At first, that makes it sound like it's special beef, but then I thought about it a little. Isn't all beef inspected? Answer: yes! I suppose McDonald's wants to confuse people into thinking their beef is graded, but there is a difference between inspecting and grading. I know this is a very minor entry on the list of mendacities perpetrated by fast-food companies. But this one just seemed particularly moronic.

Full post as published by Begging the Question on April 04, 2008 (boomark / email).