Comments on: Carbon Monoxide In Fresh Meat Packaging

By: Sunday Search of the Week 4-19-2009 | Healthy Living

Sunday Search of the Week 4-19-2009 | Healthy Living — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:43:50 +0000

[...] meat causes gas”. This uncomfortable searcher found my post on carbon monoxide in meat packaging. I wonder if there is any connection? Perhaps a side effect of the packaging [...]

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:23:46 +0000

The added cost of shipping does raise the per-pound cost BUT, and it’s a big one for me, isn’t our health worth it? It comes down to our priorities, what’s really important. I refuse to buy meat produced in unhealthy feedlots, so the choice is made for me. If you’re interested, check out Rocky Mountain Organic Meats at http://www.rockymtncuts.com. They have a flat shipping rate, and they have sales, just like conventional stores. Their cattle are graze-only; no grain-feed finishing. (They also Twitter. http://www.twitter.com/grassfedorganic)

By: Will

Will — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:41:10 +0000

Thanks for that Natalie. Of course once you pay for shipping the cost of that beef is close to 25.00 per pound. Seems like that is a bit too high as it is 3 or 4 times conventional prices. I have looked locally for grass fed beef directly from ranchers. But all the ones I have found so far put their cattle on grain for the last couple of weeks, claiming that is what all their customers want.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:01:02 +0000

Happily for us meat-eaters, there’s a Wyoming certified organic, grassfed beef ranch, whose beef is not only tender and delicious…it’s the real deal. Cattle graze on omega-3 rich grasses, never see a feedlot, nor are they fed grains (which cows can’t tolerate, it turns out), or chemicals. Rocky Mountain Organic Meats ships frozen meat to anyone, anywhere. The meat is perfectly frozen when it reaches me, and I transfer every package from shipping container to my freezer. Their meat is safe, and did I already say it’s delicious? http://www.rockymtncuts.com

I write about organic food at examiner.com

By: Sunday Search of the Week 4-5-2009 | Healthy Living

Sunday Search of the Week 4-5-2009 | Healthy Living — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:35:09 +0000

[...] this post turned up in the Google search because of all the references in it to meat. Then a comment on the [...]

By: Packaging Crazy

Packaging Crazy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:37:23 +0000

Wow I had no idea this kind of thing went on. To put poisonous gases in our food, that’s crazy. The meat packaging industry has gone mad! I agree that people where possible should try to buy local produce, atleast you will get quality fresh meet and will be also supporting your local farmers.

By: Refrigerated Display Cases

Refrigerated Display Cases — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:10:38 +0000

You are right. We do have limited options, but it is our responsibility to purchase responsibly. Every dollar is one vote.

By: Howard

Howard — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:09:34 +0000

here are my two cents on the situation. What i feel is that if we can afford it we should prefer organic or local meat. This puts less fatigue on our environment and our bodies. The so called preservatives should be allowed in meat packaging as long as they are not harmful. The argument by one congressman that the discoloration did not happen is really dumb because i do not feel that something should be ridiculed just because its doing the work that it is supposed to do. What should be emphasized is that the dates on the packaging are temper proof so that no one is fooled into buying something that is not fresh

By: WES BOLDT

WES BOLDT — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:08:42 +0000

Our business suffers because of inaccurate reporting and consumer ignorance. When the carbon monoxide articles first started to appear regarding using this in packaged red meat, we got calls saying their companies had to stop using our products. The chemistry symbol for carbon monoxide is CO. We produce a CO2 vapor that is a natural gas in the atmosphere. It is safe and an anti microbial gas, and necessary for life form on our planet.

By: Organic and Ethical Food - The Road to Your Table | Will Taft . com

Organic and Ethical Food - The Road to Your Table | Will Taft . com — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:01:22 +0000

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