Junk Food Ban/Regulation

[Michael-5]

ebw said:

Michael-5 said:

JoeTheBro said:

Michael-5 said

As for McDonalds 20% beef, it's not a myth. Look into 100% Beef and watch "End of Suburbia." Heck, meat grading is based on the quality of the meat, fat/water content, and beef content. Grade F Beef I believe (I could be wrong on this) is any meat with 49% or less Beef.

Also I have a friend who's father is a butcher. When you salt beef it absorbs a lot of water. Most meats in North America are less then 90% meat because of this trick.

Did you not bother to check the link? Also I'll watch that video on youtube if I can find it.

I just read it now, and I don't agree. The Source is not a credible source, it's a newspaper article from 2007.

First of all, no beef is 100% beef (lots of water content), there used to be a meat supplier for McDonalds called "100% Beef" (Even mentions it in the article).

Maybe it changed, I beleive the "100% Beef" issue was older then 1997, and that article only says that McDonalds meat is made from 100% USDA inspected meat with no salt added. The article doesn't mention the Beef Grade. It could still be grade F (or 1 now on a scale of 1-5 on the USDA website) meat.

You have a reading comprehension problem.  The only meat suppliers mentioned in the article are OSI Foods and Australian Food Corporation.  All the other names are clearly stated as fictitious, imaginary companies.

Snopes is the authoritative website for all popular urban legends, and you have been suckered by TWO of them.  I'm sure you heard it from a "reliable source", but that's just how urban legends propagate.  If Snopes says it's false (as opposed to true or mixed), it means there isn't a single shred of evidence to support this outlandish claim.  The second myth is the existence of Grade F meat: there's no such thing.

http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/badmeat.asp

There is also a 100% Canadian Beef company too. I know it's not mentioned in the article, that's why I mention it. Don't be insulting.

That Snopes areticle has 1 reference.

Also I checked out USDA, what is often refered to as Grade F beef is Grade 1 (on a grading of 1 - 5). Anything below 1 is not fit for humans (probably used in dog food). I did mention this if you read the last bracket.