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Bottles of various sorts of German beer are displayed on a stand to mark 500 years of the so-called Reinheitsgebot (purity law), during the Green Week international food, agriculture and horticulture fair in Berlin in January. The Reinheitsgebot was introduced in Bavaria in 1516 to limit ingredients used in beer production to hops, barley and water.

German beer purity in question over herbicide tests

The brewers’ association questions the test results’ scientific integrity

By Caroline Copley March 16, 2016

AGerman environmental group said Feb. 25 it has found traces of the widely used herbicide glyphosate in Germany’s 14 most popular beers, a potential blow to the country’s reputation for “pure” brewing. Industry and government immediately sought to play down the report from the Munich Environmental Institute. The Brauer-Bund beer association said the findings, which

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EU food safety watchdog hits back in glyphosate safety row

By Barbara Lewis, GFM Network News January 13, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– The head of Europe’s food safety watchdog has written to a group of nearly 100 senior scientists strongly rejecting their criticisms in a row about the safety of glyphosate. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which advises European Union policymakers, issued an opinion in November that glyphosate is unlikely to cause

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U.S. cracks down on intake of added sugar, saturated fat

By GFM Network News, Julie Steenhuysen January 8, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — New U.S. dietary guidelines on Thursday urged Americans to cut their added sugar and saturated fat intake to less than 10 per cent of daily calories, but consumer advocates criticized the recommendations for not providing clear guidance on the need to reduce consumption of meat. The government guidelines, which are issued

Beef cattle, Comment

Putting the IARC announcement on meat into context

Of the 982 products reviewed since 1971, only one — yoga pants —  was found to have no association with cancer 

By Make It Beef November 17, 2015

An evaluation of red and processed meat from IARC (the International Agency for Research on Cancer) was released in October 2015. As with any study, there needs to be some context and perspective to be more fully understood. For expanded details of the IARC evaluation click here. Here’s some background information that can help with

It remains to be seen whether the WHO report will be enough to encourage consumers to shun the traditional Christmas ham this year.

Hogs, News

Bacon fans stay loyal, but futures wobble

Last week’s WHO report is just the latest blow to the U.S. meat industry

By P.J. Huffstutter, Theopolis Waters November 6, 2015

Standing at the meat counter at a Mariano’s grocery store in Chicago, a half-dozen customers bantered with the butchers about the recent World Health Organization report linking processed meat to colorectal cancer. “Give me two pounds of bacon,” said Roland Marks, 47, a software engineer, rolling his eyes. “I’ll take my chances.” It is too

This ‘I heart bacon’ photo was among many pro-pork images on the Twitterverse last week.

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Pro-bacon backlash on social media

Negative tweets on the WHO recommendations outnumbers positive ones by more than 6.5 to 1

By Melissa Fares November 6, 2015

Bacon lovers took to social media last week to express disdain over a World Health Organization report that said processed meat is likely to cause cancer. The hashtags #FreeBacon, #Bacongeddon and #JeSuisBacon were among the top-trending topics worldwide on Twitter for a second straight day last Wednesday. Celebrities, politicians and ordinary consumers were reacting to

Each 50-gram portion of processed meat eaten daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 18 per cent, according to a WHO study.

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Processed meat causes cancer; red meat suspected

Study says 34,000 cancer deaths per year worldwide are attributable to diets high in processed meat

By Gus Trompiz October 27, 2015

Paris / Reuters | Eating processed meat can lead to bowel cancer in humans while red meat is a likely cause of the disease, World Health Organization (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 Research on Cancer (IARC), part of

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs sag while digesting meat warnings

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 26, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, following last Friday’s cash prices that fell short of expectations and worries over potential consumer response to news about a possible tie to red meat and cancer risk, traders said. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that eating processed meats can

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

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 26, 2015

A new report classifying processed meats such as hot dogs and bacon as “carcinogenic” to humans doesn’t set out a cause-and-effect link between meats and cancer, industry groups caution. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a research arm of the World Health Organization, on Monday published a report placing processed meats in its

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

By GFM Network News, Gus Trompiz October 26, 2015

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 Research on Cancer (IARC), part

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Ukraine’s farms once fed billions but now its soil is starving

Argentine farmers bag last fields of a dream wheat season

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

Tag Archives World Health Organization

German beer purity in question over herbicide tests

EU food safety watchdog hits back in glyphosate safety row

U.S. cracks down on intake of added sugar, saturated fat

Putting the IARC announcement on meat into context

Bacon fans stay loyal, but futures wobble

Processed meat causes cancer; red meat suspected

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs sag while digesting meat warnings

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

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

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