Carbon monoxide in meat

alivenaz · 11-15-2007, 02:52 PM

This story was posted on ABC news today. Hopefully, this practice will stop but I wouldn't count on it:
ABC News: Pretty in Pink? Meat Treated for Fresh Look

atcgirl42 · 11-15-2007, 03:01 PM

Quote:

They called the practice unsafe and misleading, and to make their point, they displayed a 2-year-old package of meat that still looked pink and fresh, thanks to carbon monoxide injection.

Two years old and it still looked good?

LouieLouie2007 · 11-15-2007, 03:06 PM

This practice could explain why the Bar S bacon I bought from Sam's club the other day looked fine but once I opened it and used some, It was literally bad a day later. Jerks!!!

msnhim · 11-15-2007, 04:25 PM

This is why I don't buy meat at Walmart. And definately not the reduced meat. Have you noticed how long a shelf life they give it? They don't cut it fresh in the store -they do it in larger facility that can supply more stores. Its all to save money, all the while charging outrageous prices!

I have worked in meat depts and we gave beef 3 days and pork 4 days. And if it started turning a darker color before that we reduced it and got it out of there. That was at Sams. They ran a great meat dept.

But sometimes at Walmart I notice A LOT of days on meat. I used to wonder how that was possible until I saw a program o TV about it. And this footage kept saying how important it was to use the sell by date. Well I have found things past their date in Walmart a LOT of times!

Just my thoughts on it!

aim in Fla*working · 11-16-2007, 06:33 AM

i just had ground beef that was pink on the outside and more brown ish in the middle?
WTH?

jem51 · 11-16-2007, 08:01 AM

with all the disease in this country, you'd think that this kind of stuff would decrease not the opposite. i'm so glad to get my grass fed beef each year. that way at least most of the time i'm eating well, w/o additives.

fawn · 11-16-2007, 08:50 AM

Love my organic meat for many many many different reasons. The feed lot practices are nasty enough.

Recluse · 11-16-2007, 11:43 AM

I saw this also on Good Morning America the other day. I usually pick up some stuff when I leave work and was quite relieved to see that Safeway was one of the chains that doesn't do this - also remember Giant Food (Northeast I think) doesn't do it either.

Reenwad · 11-16-2007, 12:01 PM

Walmart meat is nasty, looks like it's coated in Vaseoline! I'll never buy it. I'm about to make my first trip to the Circle M Ranch and buy the fresh stuff right from the cattle farm!

11-15-2007, 02:52 PM	#1
alivenaz Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 106 Gallery: alivenaz Stats: 208/170/160 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Oct. 2004	Carbon monoxide in meat This story was posted on ABC news today. Hopefully, this practice will stop but I wouldn't count on it: ABC News: Pretty in Pink? Meat Treated for Fresh Look

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11-15-2007, 03:06 PM	#3
LouieLouie2007 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Phoenix Posts: 2,853 Gallery: LouieLouie2007 Stats: sprint/olympic/ironman 5'6" 32 yrs WOE: Atkins all the way baby! Start Date: April 2003/Start again April 06 post 2nd child	This practice could explain why the Bar S bacon I bought from Sam's club the other day looked fine but once I opened it and used some, It was literally bad a day later. Jerks!!!

11-15-2007, 04:25 PM	#4
msnhim Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Illinois-Army Wife Posts: 173 Gallery: msnhim Stats: 213/154.5/135 WOE: Atkins Start Date: November 3, 2007	This is why I don't buy meat at Walmart. And definately not the reduced meat. Have you noticed how long a shelf life they give it? They don't cut it fresh in the store -they do it in larger facility that can supply more stores. Its all to save money, all the while charging outrageous prices! I have worked in meat depts and we gave beef 3 days and pork 4 days. And if it started turning a darker color before that we reduced it and got it out of there. That was at Sams. They ran a great meat dept. But sometimes at Walmart I notice A LOT of days on meat. I used to wonder how that was possible until I saw a program o TV about it. And this footage kept saying how important it was to use the sell by date. Well I have found things past their date in Walmart a LOT of times! Just my thoughts on it!

11-16-2007, 06:33 AM	#5
aim in Flaworking Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 8,236 Gallery: aim in Flaworking	i just had ground beef that was pink on the outside and more brown ish in the middle? WTH?

11-16-2007, 08:01 AM	#6
jem51 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: south central OR Posts: 1,320 Gallery: jem51 Stats: oh so happy at 120 WOE: EFGT Start Date: controlled carb '97-98	with all the disease in this country, you'd think that this kind of stuff would decrease not the opposite. i'm so glad to get my grass fed beef each year. that way at least most of the time i'm eating well, w/o additives.

11-16-2007, 08:50 AM	#7
fawn Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 7,568 Gallery: fawn Stats: 210/120 WOE: Eating For Health Start Date: 2/2000	Love my organic meat for many many many different reasons. The feed lot practices are nasty enough.

11-16-2007, 11:43 AM	#8
Recluse Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Austin Texas Posts: 296 Gallery: Recluse Stats: 158/120/112 WOE: Atkins Start Date: May 2004	I saw this also on Good Morning America the other day. I usually pick up some stuff when I leave work and was quite relieved to see that Safeway was one of the chains that doesn't do this - also remember Giant Food (Northeast I think) doesn't do it either.

11-16-2007, 12:01 PM	#9
Reenwad Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 829 Gallery: Reenwad Stats: 203/179/135 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 1-1-2003 & Re-Start Oct 2007	Walmart meat is nasty, looks like it's coated in Vaseoline! I'll never buy it. I'm about to make my first trip to the Circle M Ranch and buy the fresh stuff right from the cattle farm!