Meat & Poultry

Consumers, senator demand 'meat glue' transparency

Tue, 08 May 2012 18:41:00 +0000

In what some are calling the sequel to "pink slime," transglutaminase or "meat glue" has consumers buzzing about the safety and transparency of their meat. Will retailers drop this meat from their shelves as quickly as they did pink slime?

Sayonara mystery meat, Niman Ranch products pop up in cafeterias

Mon, 07 May 2012 12:48:00 +0000

See how Niman Ranch, the sustainable and humane meat producer, is shaking up the food system, one school at a time.

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Is your food Animal Welfare Approved?

Thu, 03 May 2012 18:17:00 +0000

There are many misleading marketing terms on animal products—"free range" anyone?—but the AWA label deserves your attention.

Meet the Monsanto of the pork industry

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:14:00 +0000

This week, pig family farmers in Michigan were arrested and their animals (and livelihood) killed because of a new rule on "invasive species." Guess who's behind the law?

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Contaminated 'feather meal' may be the next pink slime

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:25:00 +0000

The Agriculture Department submitted a proposal to increase the speed of poultry processing and to pull government inspectors from the assembly line. Here's why this may not be a good idea.

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Harvard research on red meat is 'terrible science,' says science writer

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:28:00 +0000

Gary Taubes, author of Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It, examines the flaws in the Harvard School of Public Health's recent meat study and offers his advice on how consumers should apply the study's findings.

Will eating red meat really kill you?

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:17:00 +0000

New research from the Harvard School of Public Health found a link between eating red meat and risk of early death. Study co-author Qi Sun, MD, explains what this means for consumers.

New 'bacon-wrapped' coffin takes pork to the grave

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:31:00 +0000

Homer Simpson has more than a bacon fixation. It's a deep and abiding love. What would Homer say about the new "bacon-wrapped" coffin creation from J&D's Foods?

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Is eating meat ethical?

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:44:00 +0000

The New York Times recently posted a reader essay contest—and it's widened the schism between carnivores and vegetarians.

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Conventional grocers say no to 'pink slime'—how about GMOs?

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:14:00 +0000

One by one, conventional retail chains are discontinuing the sale of ammonia-treated meat following a public outcry about "pink slime" in school cafeterias. Can labeling GMOs, an equally important health issue to the natural products industry, ever gain this kind of momentum?