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100K Tons
of Smuggled
Meat Found—
Some From '70s

Jun 24, 2015 4:23 PM CDT

100K Tons of Smuggled Meat Found— Some From '70s

China bust turns up frozen beef, pork, chicken wings

(Newser) - Chinese customs officials made a gruesome discovery this month during a smuggling crackdown, and the words of one of the authorities offers a vivid description: "It was smelly, and I nearly threw up when I opened the door." Inside the container: part of the 100,000-plus tons of...

School District
Served Kids
Meat From 2009

May 1, 2015 2:04 AM CDT

School District Served Kids Meat From 2009

Gravy was used to disguise elderly pork roast

(Newser) - If the Hawkins County school system in Tennessee had kept its meat in the freezer much longer, the meat might have been older than some of the students it was served to. The county says it's changing its procedures after students at many schools were served pork roast that...

Meat Industry Fumes
Over Federal Report
Touting Vegan Diet

Apr 6, 2015 11:18 AM CDT

Meat Industry Fumes Over Federal Report Touting Vegan Diet

Officials point to environmental benefits of avoiding animal products

(Newser) - A new federal report points to the environmental benefits of a vegan diet, and the meat industry is not exactly happy about it. Industry representatives say sustainability isn't within the purview of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, whose recommendations factor into guidelines by the federal agriculture and health departments,...

No. 1 Source of
Salmonella Cases:
Not Meat

Mar 8, 2015 2:20 PM CDT

No. 1 Source of Salmonella Cases: Not Meat

In fact, seeded veggies are the worst culprit, feds find

(Newser) - Salmonella might be an illness you think about when you're tempted to eat cookie dough ; it's probably not something that worries you when picking out zucchini. But in fact, seeded vegetables were the top source of salmonella illnesses in a federal food study that focused on the years...

Panel Flouts Congress
With Its Dietary Advice

Feb 20, 2015 9:11 AM CST

Panel Flouts Congress With Its Dietary Advice

Top nutritional panel recommends keeping the planet in mind

(Newser) - When the federal government's new Dietary Guidelines come out later this year, the nation's top nutritional panel wants them for the first time to include a recommendation that Americans keep the planet in mind when deciding what to eat. That's the panel's advice, at least, and...

Why It's Better
to Eat Older Animals

OPINION

Jan 21, 2015 12:09 PM CST

Why It's Better to Eat Older Animals

Advocate: They get to lead full lives, and the bonus for humans is better flavor

(Newser) - If you eat meat, it's a safe bet that you're eating young animals—those whose lives are measured in months rather than years, writes Eve Fox at Modern Farmer . That's because the meat is more tender, and tender is what sells. But Fox talks to author Adam...

At Meat Research
Center, a Litany of
Death, Suffering

Jan 20, 2015 10:38 AM CST

At Meat Research Center, a Litany of Death, Suffering

'NY Times' investigation into center's activities yields disturbing results

(Newser) - For 50 years, a facility in Nebraska has focused on meat-industry improvements, from the eater's perspective: more meat, less fat, safer food. But at the same time, reports the New York Times in a lengthy investigation, the center has provided a site for minimally overseen and sometimes brutal experimentation...

What to Call a
Non-Vegetarian
Who's Eating
Less Meat

Jan 5, 2015 11:13 AM CST

What to Call a Non-Vegetarian Who's Eating Less Meat

'Reducetarians' take measured approach to changing diet

(Newser) - Given a variety of reasons not to eat meat these days—think health, climate change, worker and animal welfare—many people are limiting the meat on their menus. But it's a splintered movement, with some going vegan, others vegetarian, and still others simply reducing their intake of animal products....

Most Vegetarians
Keep It Up for
... a Year

Dec 10, 2014 10:05 AM CST

Most Vegetarians Keep It Up for ... a Year

Social pressures, health prompt them to return to meat: studies

(Newser) - It seems becoming a vegetarian and staying a vegetarian are two very different things. A whopping 84% of vegetarians end up eating meat again, and most people shift back within a single year, according to a new study . Specifically, 53% of vegetarians are meat-eaters again within 12 months, while more...

Cops: Grocery
Worker Stuffed
$1.2K Worth of
Meat in Pants

Oct 1, 2014 6:15 PM CDT

Cops: Grocery Worker Stuffed $1.2K Worth of Meat in Pants

A&P worker charged with grand larceny

(Newser) - Sometimes, a simple plan works best if you're a criminal. And sometimes, that plan to shove $1,200 worth of meat down your pants and walk out of a supermarket undetected doesn't end so well. Police in Cortlandt, NY, have charged Gregory Rodriguez with grand larceny after accusing...

McDonald's Meat Supplier Changed Expiration Dates

Jul 21, 2014 12:32 PM CDT

McDonald's Meat Supplier Changed Expiration Dates

Report: Sold McD's, KFC, Pizza Hut rotten meat

(Newser) - Cue China's next food scare: A Shanghai reporter spent two months in the city’s Husi Food Company plant, which supplies meat to McDonald’s and Yum Brands (which owns Pizza Hut and KFC) in China, and found some pretty disgusting practices including falsifying expiration dates and picking food...

Not Coming Anytime Soon: Frankenmeat for the Masses

STUDY SAYS

May 27, 2014 4:16 PM CDT

Not Coming Anytime Soon: Frankenmeat for the Masses

Would-be manufacturing process would cost us $242 a pound

(Newser) - Hungering for the day when the $330,000 Frankenburger will be available to the unwashed masses? Well hold your breath, because a new study looks at the feasibility of mass-producing so-called "cultured" meat, and the chances of you waking up with a goose egg on your forehead are a...

Taco Bell Reveals
Exactly What's In
Its Mystery Meat

Apr 30, 2014 7:44 AM CDT

Taco Bell Reveals Exactly What's In Its Mystery Meat

Sure, 88% is beef, but what about the other 12%?

(Newser) - Taco Bell confirmed back in 2011 that its beef is made up of 88% actual beef , but now the company is explaining exactly what that mysterious other 12% is. Some of the non-beef ingredients "do have weird names," but all of them are "completely safe and approved...

Marinating Meat
With Beer Is
Good for You

Science!

Mar 30, 2014 9:00 AM CDT

Marinating Meat With Beer Is Good for You

Study reveals that it reduces carcinogen production

(Newser) - If you're like us at this time of year, you're craving some warm spring days, some barbecue, and some beer. Well, now a team of European chemists has discovered that those last two things are even better together than you thought. Normally meat grilled at high temperatures produces...

Fried, Grilled Meat
Linked to Dementia Risk

Fried, Grilled Meat Linked to Dementia Risk

Compound caused memory loss in mice

(Newser) - Does frying meat end up frying your brain? Researchers working with lab mice have discovered that a diet high in a compound created when meat is fried or grilled caused them to have memory loss and other problems associated with Alzheimer's disease, reports the BBC . The advanced glycation end...

Why Americans
Eat the Same
Boring Meat
Over and Over

Feb 23, 2014 8:23 AM CST

Why Americans Eat the Same Boring Meat Over and Over

Squirrel, rabbit, venison: It's what's never for dinner

(Newser) - Sure, Americans chow down on about 280 pounds of meat each per year, compared to the 181 pounds in your average developed country. But chances are those 280 pounds come from the same three or four meat-producing animals: Chicken, beef, pork, and maybe a little turkey. While North America has...

FDA Takes First Step to Curb Antibiotics in Your Meat

Dec 11, 2013 8:06 PM CST

FDA Takes First Step to Curb Antibiotics in Your Meat

Critics say it's not nearly enough

(Newser) - Farmers have been loading up their animals with antibiotics for years now in order to help them grow beefy and profitable, a practice that public health advocates have long complained about. (Think "superbugs" and the rise of antibiotic-resistant infections in humans, for example.) Today, the FDA took its...

Man Is Eating More Meat

STUDY SAYS

Dec 8, 2013 12:27 PM CST

Man Is Eating More Meat

And our place on the food chain is rising

(Newser) - It may seem like everyone's a vegetarian these days, but in fact, humans are eating more meat, a study finds. That's because as China and India get richer, diets that had been heavy on rice have gotten more carnivorous. Still, we as a species "are closer to...

'Pardoned' Turkeys Swiftly Die

Nov 27, 2013 10:37 AM CST

'Pardoned' Turkeys Swiftly Die

They're simply not bred to live long

(Newser) - President Obama will "pardon" a pair of turkeys today and send them to live at Mount Vernon, and if that gives you a case of the warm fuzzies, you should know that both "Caramel" and "Popcorn" will probably be dead within the year. Every turkey the president...

Egyptian Mummies Got
Meat Dishes for Eternity

Egyptian Mummies Got Meat Dishes for Eternity

Scientists look at 'meat mummies' for the first time

(Newser) - Those ancient Egyptian mummifiers thought of everything, it seems. Even eternal snacks. Scientists have for the first time analyzed what they call "meat mummies," reports LiveScience . Those would be the cuts of meat that have been found alongside mummies of yore, preserved for the ages. The trick? In...