Press Release

• CONTINUING CONFUSION OVER CARBON MONOXIDE IN MEAT NECESSITATES SPEEDY ACTION BY FDA AND USDA TO BAN GAS FROM FRESH MEAT PACKAGING - Recent Statements by American Meat Institute Add to Confusion - September 12, 2006 (PDF - 123 KB)
• CARBON MONOXIDE-TREATED GROUND BEEF COLLECTED FROM STORE SHELVES INDICATES POTENTIAL FOR SPOILAGE PRIOR TO EXPIRATION - 28-Day Shelf-life Indefensible; FDA/USDA Action Needed - July 20, 2006 (PDF - 22 KB)
• FDA ASKED TO PROHIBIT CARBON MONOXIDE IN RED MEAT PACKAGING; CONSUMER DECEPTION, PUBLIC HEALTH RISK, CITED - Process Banned in European Union Leaves Consumers Unaware of Carbon Monoxide Presence and Potential Danger - November 15, 2005 (PDF - 16 KB)

Television Coverage

• WHP, CBS 21, Harrisburg, PA: Carbon Monoxide in Meats
  August 8, 2007
• CNN: Meat safety called into question by Congress
  July 24, 2007
• CBS4 (CBS), Miami: Carbon Monoxide Meat Controversy Investigated
  November 5, 2006
• WCPO-TV (ABC), Cincinnati: Investigative Team Report: Meat Packaging
  July 26, 2006
• KPNX-TV (ABC), Phoenix, AZ: What’s the Beef
  July 11, 2006
• WEWS-TV (ABC), Cleveland, OH: Local Grocery Stores Sell Meat Containing CO
  July 9, 2006
• KSDK-TV (NBC), St. Louis, MO: Some Companies Add Carbon Monoxide To Keep Meat Red
  May 16, 2006
• WKMG-TV (CBS): Tests Show Carbon Monoxide In Case-Ready Beef
  May 15, 2006
• KETV, Omaha, NB (ABC): Your Eyes May Not Know Whether Meat Is Fresh - Carbon Monoxide Injected Into Some Beef
  May 14, 2006
• WKMG-TV (CBS), Orlando, FL: Case-Ready Beef Appears Fresh After Sell-By Date
  April 28, 2006
• NBC 5 WMAQ TV Chicago, Target 5: City Council Airs Beef About Red Meat
  March 23, 2006

Articles

• The Baltimore Sun, Keeping meat red and customers in the dark
  August 9, 2007
• Slate.com, The Spoiled-Meat Trick
  July 28, 2007
• Chicago Daily Herald, Things aren't all rosy when it comes to the freshness of beef
  August 2, 2006 Wednesday
• Washington Post, Studies Fail to Quell Concerns Over Gas Treatment of Meat
  July 23, 2006
• Consumer Reports, Seeing red: Spoiled meat may look fresh
  July 2006
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Some raising red flag over use of gas to keep meat in the pink
  By Amy McConnell Schaarsmith, February 19, 2006
• Washington Post, FDA Is Urged to Ban Carbon-Monoxide-Treated Meat
  By Rick Weiss, February 19, 2006
• New York Times, Which Cut Is Older? (It's a Trick Question)
  By Marian Burros, February 21, 2006
  
• ABC’s Good Morning America, Is Your Meat Safe to Eat? (Video available)
  February 21, 2006
  
• Washington Post, Studies Attest to Buyers' Focus on Color of Meat
  By Rick Weiss, February 21, 2006
  
• The Oregonian, Kroger quits stocking gas-packaged beef
  Staff and Wire Reports, February 22, 2006
  
• St. Paul Pioneer Press, Meat color treatment draws fire
  By Tom Webb, March 1, 2006
  
• The New York Times, Stores React to Meat Reports
  By Marian Burros, March 1, 2006
  
• Newsday, Seeing Red Over FDA’s Meat OK
  By Sylvia Carter, March 1, 2006
  
• Philadelphia Inquirer, On the Side: Meat of the issue: FDA on wrong side
  By Rick Nichols, Columnist, March 9, 2006
  
• Lincoln Star Journal, FDA Urged to Ban Use of Carbon Monoxide in Packaging Meat
  Staff and Wire Reports, March 12, 2006
  
• Hillsboro Times-Gazette (OH), Add a little carbon monoxide – just for freshness
  By Bill Horne, March 19, 2006
  
• NBC 5 WMAQ TV Chicago, Target 5: City Council Airs Beef About Red Meat
  March 23, 2006