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Why can't you buy cow lungs?

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In 1971, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officially banned the sale of livestock lungs for human food, a regulation that has perplexed many offal enthusiasts and home cooks ever since. The ban was the result of food safety concerns rather than a simple cultural aversion to organ meat.