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Isn't that like saying "does not contain excrement" will work better?

This seems pretty relevant:

Do some products on the market contain excrement? Because if they do I would either like to know all that do or at least some that do not.

Shrimp is the first thing that comes to mind. Never seen shit-free shrimp labels.

Shrimp should probably be labeled "contains cockroaches" too.

Never bought a package of deveined shrimp?

I'm making an analogy to the earlier remark that labeling things "has GMO" is like labeling them "has excrement" and "is radioactive."

"Has excrement" would certainly be perceived as negative, but the effect on my shopping of "has no excrement" would be a lot more negative (trying to find this sticker on everything I purchase, for example).

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