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Article: The great ground beef deception: what's lean depends on where you are.
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- Nutrition Action Healthletter
- Article date:
- October 1, 1988
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The Great Ground Beef Deception
When Ann Rust buys "lean" ground beef near her office in Washington, D.C., she can check a sign near the meat counter to find out how much fat it contains. But when she buys ground beef near her home in the Maryland suburbs, she has no idea whether "lean" on the package means "lean" in the package. In all likelihood, it doesn't.
Never mind that ground beef is the most commonly eaten meat in the U.S. Never mind that no other food contributes more fat to the average diet. Never mind that the Surgeon General and other health officials have been nagging consumers to "choose lean meat." The fact is that no state requires "lean" ground ...