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Tag Archives: meat industry
Why the Meat Industry is Freaking Out Over Pink Slime
Read my article for VegNews on why it’s time to pull the curtain back on Big Meat even further.
Posted in Big Food, Food Safety, Public Health, Toxins
Tagged Beef Products Inc., Big Meat, Eldon Roth, meat industry, meat lobby, Michael Moss, pink slime, Terry Branstad, USDA
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Pink Slime Outrage is Not a Vegetarian Plot
The debate over the use of so-called pink slime in ground beef, what industry refers to as lean finely textured beef, is heating up. Over the weekend, the meat industry hosted a massive picnic in Iowa (with what else, free … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Food Safety, Lobbying, Public Health
Tagged Big Meat, Brad Zaun, meat industry, pink slime
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BPI’s Response to Outrage over Ground Beef? 3 Governors and a T-shirt
In a surreal press conference yesterday, Beef Products Inc took its best shot at making up for its silence during weeks of public lashing over what has been dubbed “pink slime,” an additive in ground beef made through a high-tech … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Food Safety, Lobbying, Public Health, USDA
Tagged Beef Products Inc., Big Meat, campaign donations, Elizabeth Hagen, Jim Avila, meat industry, pink slime, Rick Perry, Terry Branstad, USDA
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New York Times’ “ethical meat” contest is great PR for meat industry
The New York Times is holding a silly contest for meat-eaters to have their say. Here is my entry. Was this really a burning problem that needed solving, the lack of justifications to eat meat? What do you suppose has … Continue reading
Protein propaganda: It’s what’s for dinner
Most vegetarians are tired of being asked, “Where do you get your protein?” by a seemingly concerned family member, friend, or even stranger. I know many vegetarians and none of us have come close to suffering from Kwashiorkor. Never heard … Continue reading
Posted in Animal welfare, Public Health, USDA
Tagged meat industry, MyPlate, Protein deficiency
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Safe, Organic Animal Foods Too Expensive? Eat Less
In an email exchange with Dr. Richard Raymond over my recent article on the massive Cargill recall of Salmonella-tainted ground turkey, the former head of food safety at USDA warned me that a likely result of tightened food safety laws … Continue reading
Posted in Food Safety
Tagged Cargill, Food Safety News, meat industry, organic food, Salmonella
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Why the Meat Industry Sells Salmonella
As a lawyer who writes about food policy, one of my biggest frustrations is how reporters often get the law wrong, or omit critical pieces of information. Last week the latest massive food safety recall hit the news – 36 … Continue reading
Posted in Food Safety, Public Health
Tagged Cargill, food safety, Food Safety News, meat industry, Salmonella
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Meat Safety Politics: A Decade of Inaction at USDA on Non-O157 E. coli
In the wake of the horrible E. coli outbreak in Germany, many food safety advocates are calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to get off the dime and expand required beef testing to strains beyond the standard 0157:H7. … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Food Safety, Public Health
Tagged E.coli, food safety, Germany, Marler Clark, meat industry
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