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NCBA goes head to head with report linking beef to cancer
02/11/2008 08:51:12
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is declaring victory after going head to head with a highly publicized report released at the end of October blaming red meat for some big health woes...
NCBA Nutrition Vice President Mary Young says checkoff money paid for a team of independent researchers to study the issue...
Young says the fear in the cattle industry was that beef would become a primary target for health advocates. Young says after that checkoff-funded study, beef was mentioned in news articles almost as an afterthought, with highly processed meats and alcohol taking the lion’s share of the blame.