Use of "pigment fixatives" creates potential problems for fresh meat marketers

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2006-05-16
    URL:
    http://www.factsfiguresfuture.com/archive/may_2006.htm
    Published:
    USA: Food Marketing Institute and A.C. Nielsen
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C24018
    Journal Title:
    Facts, Figures and the Future
    Journal Title Details:
    : 3-4
    Subject Term:
    attitudes, chemicals, consumer attitudes, consumers, food, food safety, knowledge level, meat, and information gaps
    Notes:
    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."

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