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Title: Meat in protective gas?
Post by: Kokki on February 03, 2010, 06:56:04 pm
Safe or not? Some people say they`re acting like chemicals, killing bacteria etc.
Title: Re: Meat packed in shielding gas?
Post by: TylerDurden on February 03, 2010, 06:58:56 pm
Safe or not? Some people say they`re acting like chemicals, killing bacteria etc.
  Avoid like the plague. I think I heard about this vaguely. Don't they use carbon-monoxide for the gas? Hardly safe, IMO.
Title: Re: Meat in protective gas?
Post by: Kokki on February 03, 2010, 07:01:39 pm
Nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide are the most commonly used.
Title: Re: Meat in protective gas?
Post by: TylerDurden on February 03, 2010, 07:07:54 pm
Ah, this is where I got it from:-

http://hsibaltimore.com/2006/09/05/carbon-monoxide-as-a-meat-preservative/

maybe they've phased out its use by now.
Title: Re: Meat in protective gas?
Post by: Raw Kyle on February 03, 2010, 07:21:13 pm
I see the meat at Whole Foods being gassed behing glass. It's very creepy. I thought it was to keep it red/pink, as a protection against the outer layer oxidizing. Either way I think it's bad idea.
Title: Re: Meat in protective gas?
Post by: jessica on February 03, 2010, 11:25:03 pm
I see the meat at Whole Foods being gassed behing glass. It's very creepy. I thought it was to keep it red/pink, as a protection against the outer layer oxidizing. Either way I think it's bad idea.

i am sure if enoguh people wrote to whore foods they would stop this practice...perhaps a layer of corn "plastic" film over the meat, or create a new marketing where slightly brown meat shows that it more high quality and natural and show the comparison to fast food nation where the burger and fries last forever but "real food rots"......perhaps i should trademark that
Title: Re: Meat in protective gas?
Post by: van on February 04, 2010, 12:38:58 am
OR,,, go to hanging meat like the photos from GS.  It stays red a long time that way.  First thing I do when I get home is get the meat out of the paper wrap from the store.  Even meat laying on top of each other goes brown. 
Title: Re: Meat in protective gas?
Post by: roony on February 06, 2010, 10:29:30 pm
They gas everything in supermarkets, if its in a wrapping, or vacuum packed, everything gets gassed, veg, fruit, packaged chopped salads, packaged chopped carrots, all organic meat, pies etc., supermarkets, house of horrors ....