Amazon Has a Donkey Meat Problem

While some retailers like Walmart and eBay have committed to drop products that contain ejiao, edible items containing this ingredient are widely for sale on Amazon in spite ofmultiplepetitions asking that it stop selling them..

A legal complaint filed in California last week by the Center for Contemporary Equine Studies, a nonprofit, claims Amazons continued sale of these donkey-based products is more than distastefulit may be illegal...

The Center alleges that Amazons distribution and sale of ejiao violates an obscure California animal welfare law called theProhibition of Horse Slaughter and Sale of Horsemeat for Human Consumption Act..

For Frank Rothschild, director of the Center for Contemporary Equine Studies, the law is clear: Donkeys are equines, and the sale of ejiao for human consumption in California is illegal.We are a scientific organization and not in the business of national advocacy..

We were ultimately able to purchase several ejiao products and successfully ship them to a California address.. Amazon spokesperson Amanda Cruz declined WIREDs request to comment on the sale and shipment of products containing donkey meat to a California address..

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