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Line 16: The U.S. Department of Agriculture allows any fresh meat to be described as "natural" if it includes no artificial flavoring, coloring, preservative or any other artificial ingredient. Minimally processed products, such as ground meat, also count as "natural." {{citation needed\|date=November 2013}} To be marketed as "natural," the product can not contain any additives, such as monosodium glutamate or salt.{{fact\|date=April 2015}} [[Organic certification]], however, is far more strict. Organic certification requires the animals be only fed a diet of [[vegetarian]] feed. The cattle must not be treated with any antibiotics, growth hormones, or pesticides, nor are they allowed to consume feed that is chemically-treated, exposed to radiation, fertilized with [[biosolids]] or [[genetically modified organism\|genetically modified]]. Organic beef must not contain any artificial ingredients. Organic advocacy is escalating, as more consumers become aware of the harmful implications of using non-organic products.

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