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Apropos of nothing at all, I just stumbled onto this while doing a bit of idle research, and I... well, I had to share.

Official US Dept of Agriculture Commercial Item Description for "Beef Snacks, Cured"

(In other words, government requirements, specifications, etc. for packaged beef jerky.)

( The highlights, for your reading pleasure )

I kind of want to meet the poor crushed soul guy who wrote this stuff. And take a tour of the strange little world in which he (or she!) must live. Reading this, I almost feel like I can touch that world. It's a... dizzying experience.