A British slaughter magazine survey showed 17 percent of people in Britain think pig wings are a real cut of the animal and almost two out of 10 people surveyed thought tofu ribs were also a cut of meat. In a new survey by the Meat Trader Journal for National Butchers' Week, a biennial processing and packaging exhibition in the UK, revealed the statistics. Ed Beddington, editor of the Meat Trades Journal, which organized the survey, said: “The idea of flying bacon might seem appealing, but it's frightening how limited consumer knowledge on meat is.” Out of more than 1,000 surveyed, three out of 10 adults said they thought chicken chops were real and two out of 10 incorrectly identified leg of liver and lamb drumsticks as cuts of meat they could expect to see at their local butcher. In a related story, The new British government red meat guidelines advises cutting back. To achieve proper health, the guidelines suggest meat eaters to drastically cut how much red meat they eat to be less than 500 grams a week or 70 grams a day, much lower numbers than 1998, where the government declared the maximum suggested portion of 90 grams. Since then, a large European study found people who ate about 160 grams of red meat a day probably increased their risk of colon cancer. “This doesn't mean people have to become vegetarian, but if you're having a steak every day, that's probably not helping,” said Ed Yong, head of health information and evidence at Cancer Research UK. BM
