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meat, cancer and credibility
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the big 'cs' got the meat industry in trouble last week - cancer and credibility. in the face of a major scientific study linking a 30 per cent increased risk of cancer with processed meat products, industry associations reacted quite strongly against the findings - when they would have been wiser to have just kept their mouths shut. the scientific review of 7,000 studies was completed for the world cancer research fund (wcrf) and the american institute for cancer research, very credible organisations. the scientists concluded that raw and processed meats are "convincing or probable causes of some cancers". they also recommended that "people who eat red meat" should consume less than 500 g a week "very little if any to be processed". they also went out of their way to emphasise that their "overall recommendation is not for diets containing no meat - or diets containing no foods of animal origin". in other words, eat meat if you have to, but sparingly. andrew wadge, chief scientist for the uk's food standards agency, quite rightly noted on his blog that the consumer would have had a hard week of digesting the cancer study (along with another on folic acid). "i suspect that most people will simply ignore these messages and carry on with their usual dietary habits, which is a shame because there are relatively easy steps we can take to improve our diet and reduce risks of disease," he wrote. as a massive meat eater myself (my french friends have nicknamed me 'mr barbeque"), i will find it hard or impossible to follow this advice, and so too, i suspect, will most non-vegetarians. processed foods are also a part of the make up of our daily modern diet. a more perfect diet would of course be to eat entirely fresh foods, cooked from scratch. but we must remember spam and other processed products of that ilk, have saved many lives during wartime and emergencies, and during peace offer the convenience that frees us up to have some fun time during our fast paced lives. and increasingly some of the processed ready-to-eat products on the market are frankly better tasting than i might have been able to make myself. so in reality the cancer study posed no foreseeable direct economic threat to the meat sector. why then did the meat sectors in north america and europe react against the report so strongly? the american meat institute was the most extreme, discounting the study as biased and plain wrong. the organisation claimed bizarrely that the cancer associations were "anti-meat" in the first place. "wcrf's conclusions are extreme, unfounded and out of step with dietary guidelines," said one of the ami's scientists, randy huffman, citing us dietary guidelines put out by government regulators. i thought that dietary guidelines are based on science among other factors - and not vice versa! the uk's meat organisations approached the issue in a more moderate tone, noting that processed meat is "part of a balanced diet", and also referring to dietary guidelines. the problem is the story was already out in the media as a hot conclusion from a credible organisation. in the face of this media coverage any statements from the meat industry, other than "follow the advice of eating less meat", would sound non-credible to any consumer. they would have been advised at this point to remain quiet and watch the study's conclusions disappear off consumers' agendas. ahmed elamin is editor of foodproductiondaily.com. he is a business journalist who specialises in development issues, food, wine, technology, international business and finance. to comment on this article please e-mail ahmed.elamin@decisionnews.com.
Source :Food Ingredients Food Science - Additives, Flavours, Starch
Date :
5
November
2007
Category :
Meat Products
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in order to protect the environment, consumers should forget about switching to organic foods and concentrate on eating less meat, according to new research. the study, from researchers at the vienna university of technology (tu vienna), reports that in addition to leading to increased risks of certain diseases, consuming excessive levels of meat may also lead to environmental damage.
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as consumers seek out food with a reduced carbon footprint, some experts believe a dietary shift from red meat and dairy consumption may be more effective than turning to locally sourced products, suggests new analysis. in a report for the environmental research group, the worldwatch institute, sarah deweerdt looked at the potential environmental benefits of locally sourced goods in relation to other food production models.
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“ if you don’t plan to plant a garden in lake wobegon in the spring, it means you plan to be planted yourself.” it’s an affirmation of life and fresh food from novelist garrison keillor that found favour on both sides of the atlantic recently and one that carries potent messages for food manufactures and retailers. last week michelle obama, aided by local school children, dug up a patch of the south lawn to create the first vegetable garden at the white house since eleanor roosevelt’s victory garden, planted in the second world war.
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new stricter japanese regulations for organic food production have had a major impact on market revenues, claims new research from market analysts organic monitor . the research shows that the organic food market size has shrunk from over us$3 billion (€3.01bn) in 2000 to us$250 million in 2001 as a result of the new ruling. in 2000 the japanese ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries (maff) introduced new guidelines for organic food production and marketing.
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80 per cent of consumers are unable to identify the types and proportions of foods needed for a healthy balanced diet, according to a new survey, food and you conducted by the uk food standards agency (fsa). based on more than 3,000 face-to-face interviews with randomly-selected adults across the uk between march and august 2010, the survey also revealed that less than one-in-10 (9 per cent) correctly identified the maximum adult daily intake of salt was 6g.
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a uk report has found most brits gain adequate levels of iron, but warned that the elderly, small children, girls, some women and the poor may be susceptible to deficiencies and should consider iron supplementation among other measures. the elderly are one group that may be deficient in iron, finds coma “while most people in the uk are iron replete, health professionals need to be alert to increased risk of iron deficiency anaemia in toddlers, girls and women of reproductive age (particularly those from low income groups) and some adults aged over 65 years,” wrote the scientific advisory committee on nutrition’s committee on medical aspects of food and nutrition policy (coma).
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high consumption of red and processed meat may double the risk of breast cancer amongst women of a certain age, suggests a new study from england. in a study of 35,372 women aged 35 to 69, it was found that high meat intake, particularly red meat and processed meats, was associated with a significant increase in the risk of breast cancer amongst pre- and post-menopausal women.
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half-portions of fruit and vegetables in processed and other composite foods will count towards the target of ‘five-a-day’ under a new uk industry scheme. members of the uk food industry, including coca-cola, greencore, heinz, innocent, pepsico, and united biscuits, in addition to the british nutrition foundation, the food and drink federation, together with supermarkets wm morrison, marks and spencer, and tesco, agreed to the new guidelines which aim to help consumers increase their intake of fruit and vegetables.
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high intake of red and processed meats may raise the risk of lung and colorectal cancer by up to 20 per cent, according to a new study from researchers at the usa's national cancer institute. half a million people were surveyed for the new study that also reports raised risks of other cancers, including throat and liver cancer, report the researchers in the open access journal the public library of science - medicine .
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