Dinner Time

I cut meat in a grocery store when I was in high school, so I do know a little bit about that business.  When I noticed some stores doing the “preserved with gas” routine a few years ago, something didn’t seem right.  It just didn’t seem like a smart thing to do, but - heck – the federal government looked at it and said it was okay.  So, it must be.  Right?  Oh, if I only knew then what we know now…

Red Meat May Not be Safe to Eat

You went to the supermarket, looking for some fresh hamburger. You picked a package that had meat with a nice red color to it, thinking it must be fresher than the slightly brown hamburger you see sitting next to it. Unfortunately for you, there’s a good chance the meat you chose may have been rotten, but thanks to a gaseous technology approved by Bush’s Agriculture Department and the FDA in 2004 it merely looked fresher. That’s because, despite indications that this method of keeping meat looking redder longer (through the [...]