Meat Matters December 13 to December 17, 2021

Stay up to date with Jonathon, Austin, PatrickB and JohnG5 as they go through and bring you the latest and most important stories that effect the food industry. These articles can range from the impactful to the ridiculous, serious to scary!

Meat packers’ profit margins jumped 300% during pandemic - White House economics team

Four major meat processing companies tripled their profit margins since the beginning of the Pandemic in March 2020.

National MCOOL Coalition

“Washington, D.C. – Today, over 400 cross-sectional U.S.-based trade organizations, both food and non-food small businesses, and individuals, from all across the United States, have joined a letter now being distributed to every U.S. Senator urging them to quickly endorse and enact the American Beef Labeling Act of 2021 (S.2716). The act is best known as the mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL) bill for beef and requires beef sold at retail grocery stores to bear a conspicuous label informing consumers as to where the animal from which the beef was derived was born, raised, and harvested.”

Will new California law make bacon more expensive?

A California Animal Welfare Law set to take affect New Year’s Day is being attempted to be blocked by a coalition of California restaurants and food retailers.

Taco Bell Sends Beyond Meat’s Carne Asada Back to Drawing Board

“Taco Bell canceled a planned test of a product from Beyond Meat Inc. after the fast-food chain was dissatisfied with samples in October, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.”

California man refuses to get robbed, takes gun from muggers and shoots one dead

Man holds off two robbers, steals a gun and shoots one dead.

Post of the week!!!

After shamelessly entering myself in the running for Recipe of the Week, I got what I deserved and was defeated handily by GWG8541 four votes to three. GWG8541 captures his third of seven total Recipe of the Week titles. I think that constitutes as a Dynasty. It’s hard to beat a Porterhouse Steak with Walton’s Ultimate Steak and Roast Rub. cdavis received two votes for Argentinean Chuck Roast and YooperDog (Cordon Bleu Chicken) and Surg (Chinese Crispy Pork) each tallied a vote a piece.

The Post of the Week Meat Processing winner goes to lkrfletcher with his Jalapeno Bacon post that received five votes. marzig20’s Canned Corn Hash received three votes. Joemy96 received his first nomination for Processing Post of the Week contestant and was awarded two votes.

New choices to vote for will be released in a post on Thursday.
Week 1 Winner Idaho Smokey
Week 2 Winner HerbcoFood
Week 3 Winner GWG8541
Week 4 Winners Processing PapaSop, Recipes GWG8541 and processhead
Week 5 Winners Processing Deepwoodsbutcher, Turkey Surg
Week 6 Winners Processing MCURRAN, Recipe mfrievalt
Week 7 Winners Processing lkrfletcher, Recipe GWG8541

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