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Re: Beef Packaging Technique May Mislead Consumers

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From: Shawn Hirn
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:04
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In article <4YVXg.5840$%l1.3934@newsfe07.lga>, john <@global.net> 
wrote:

> Non scrivetemi wrote:
> > Oct 12, 2006 8:00 pm US/Mountain
> > Beef Packaging Technique May Mislead Consumers
> > 
> > Rick Sallinger
> > Reporting
> > 
> > (CBS4) DENVER Consumer advocates are warning buyers of meat about a
> > packaging process that keeps the foods looking red and fresh past the time
> > the beef spoils.
> > 
> snip
> We bough some "steaks" from Wal Mart shortly after they started this 
> stuff. We didn't see any label about having preservatives until we got 
> it home. It was on the bottom of the package where you don't usually 
> expect it. It didn't say anything about having carbon monoxide in the 
> packaging. That same evening we ran across an item about them extending 
> the shelf life of beef with it and preservatives.
> We ate it anyway the next day or so or rather took a bite of it.
> It was horrible, unlike any beef we have ever chosen to eat before and 
> obviously not fresh. It looked like it was packaged the same day though.
> There was no expiration date.
> My daughter bought a roast a while back from them it was horrible.

You get what you pay for. Shopping for fresh meat and produce at 
Wal-Mart and expecting it to taste good seems foolish to me.
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