AGRICOLA FNI 91003596, Under heavy pressure from the meat and dairy industries, the Department of Agriculture last week canceled the scheduled publication of the Eating Right Pyramid: A Guide to Daily Food Choices. This new graphic would have replaced the nearly 50-year-old food wheels displaying the four food groups. (original)
Extracts from a government public relations strategy document for handling the Mad Cow Disease problem in the United States. The document was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act investigation. Subtitle: USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 1991bovine spongiform encephalopathy public relations.
Examines controversy over the use of carbon monoxide as a "pigment fixative" for meat - to keep "the product's pink and rosy color in an effort to make it look fresh even as it approaches, or even passes, its expiration date."
This is part of an inserted supplement in Agri Marketing magazine. The supplement is entitled, "Food Systems Insider, July 2003, Volume 3, Number 3. A supplement to Food Systems Group publications and Meat&Poultry magazine."
