Insights and Stories on Red Meat

Cargill to shut Montreal-area meat plant temporarily

May. 11, 2020 at 2:31 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian arm of U.S. agribusiness Cargill said Sunday it would soon temporarily shut a Montreal-area case-ready meat plant after 64 workers tested positive for COVID-19. The plant is at Chambly, a South Shore suburb of Montreal, one of the worst hit cities in Canada. Cargill […]

Conflicting studies point to meat moderation as healthy diet

Feb. 4, 2020 at 2:22 am CST

By Kate Kelland

Review of red meat’s risks spurs scientific food fight

Sep. 30, 2019 at 5:34 pm CDT

By Kate Kelland

California considers adding meat to cancer-alert list

Oct. 28, 2015 at 3:54 am CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

Cancer ‘hazard’ not a cancer ‘risk,’ meat industry cautions

Oct. 26, 2015 at 8:20 pm CDT

By Staff

Processed meat can cause cancer, red meat probably can: WHO

Oct. 26, 2015 at 8:52 am CDT

Paris | Reuters — Eating processed meat can lead to bowel cancer in humans while red meat is a likely cause of the disease, World Health Organisation (WHO) experts said on Monday in findings that could sharpen debate over the merits of a meat-based diet. The France-based International Agency for […]

By Gus Trompiz

Meat industry braces for WHO cancer risk verdict

Oct. 23, 2015 at 7:46 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — As international health experts prepare to publish a report on potential cancer risks linked to red and processed meat, industry groups are bracing for a damaging blow to consumer confidence. The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) gathered health experts in France […]

By Reuters

Love to eat eggs? U.S. panel now says they’re not a health risk

Feb. 19, 2015 at 5:13 pm CST

New York | Reuters — Egg and red meat lovers may find reason to rejoice in a decision by a U.S. advisory health panel to remove warnings about dietary cholesterol, saying that there is no link to dangerous levels of blood cholesterol that cause disease. The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee […]

By yasmeen-abutaleb