{"id":22613,"date":"2019-04-29T23:33:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T23:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bisoncentral.com\/?p=22613"},"modified":"2025-01-08T10:42:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T17:42:57","slug":"amazing-but-not-exotic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalbison.org\/amazing-but-not-exotic\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing&#8230;But Not Exotic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve pounded the drum continuously over the past few months to call out the need for &nbsp;truth in labeling when it comes to companies using the term \u201cbuffalo\u201d to deceive customers into believing that water buffalo meat and pet food ingredients are actually bison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that\u2019s only one example of how our business must deal with misused and convoluted terminology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Take, for example, the term <\/em><em>exotic species<\/em><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/earth-and-environment\/ecology-and-environmentalism\/environmental-studies\/exotic-species\">Encyclopedia.com<\/a><em> defines exotic species as \u201c<\/em>alien species, invasive species, non-indigenous species, and bioinvaders, are species of plants or animals that are growing in a nonnative environment. Alien species have been moved by humans to areas outside of their native ranges. Once transported, they become removed from the predators, parasites, and diseases that kept them in balance in their native environments. As a result of the loss of these controls, they often become pests in the areas into which they are introduced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on this definition, it should be easy to make a list of exotic species of livestock in North America. Hmm\u2026let\u2019s see; cattle, pigs, chickens\u2026that would make a good start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s not the way it works. Regulations within USDA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/CFR-2012-title9-vol2\/pdf\/CFR-2012-title9-vol2-part352.pdf\">Food Safety and Inspection Service<\/a> (FSIS) classify bison as an exotic species. Non-exotic: cattle, pigs and chickens. At least the FDA has the courtesy of defining bison as a \u201cminor species\u201d when it comes to regulations regarding veterinary materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exotic species classification generally arises as a point of discussion when it comes to the issue of having to pay for USDA inspection. But it also creates barriers on how USDA&nbsp; approaches product label approval, use of meat curing products and other issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m not suggesting that we petition USDA to re-classify bison as a non-exotic (amenable) species. It\u2019s not in our best interest to fall under all of the regulations that govern beef, pork and the other commodity livestock sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But perhaps we ought to visit with our friends in the elk and deer associations about steps needed within the regulatory system to support\u2014rather than stymie\u2014the producers and marketers who raise these indigenous animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve pounded the drum continuously over the past few months to call out the need for &nbsp;truth in labeling when it comes to companies using the term \u201cbuffalo\u201d to deceive &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":22614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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