The great ground beef deception: what's lean depends on where you are. From: Nutrition Action Healthletter | Date: October 1, 1988| Author: Liebman, Bonnie | COPYRIGHT 1988 Center for Science in the Public Interest. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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 fo...

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