Keeping Red Meat Red at any Cost

Will has written an excellent blog post that is overview of the efforts of Hormel and Cargill before Congress this week to defend the practice of adding carbon monoxide to the meat packaging process. The process retards the discoloration that can occur as packaged red meat sits in the meat case. His post discusses the politics can easily override ethics and the interests of consumers when politicians are beholden to the meat industry for campaign contributions.

read more | digg story