The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) dropped a major bombshell this week with a new report linking red meat, bacon, and processed meats to cancer. Immediately after the report was released, cattle futures dropped. Livestock experts and organizations were quick to aggressively react to the report, criticizing the study for “limited evidence” even though WHO contends it’s based on the most comprehensive data ever.
For the record, WHO’s IARC defines red meat as “all types of mammalian muscle meat, such as beef, veal, pork, lamb, mutton, horse, and goat.”
While staunchly defending their research, WHO says their results have been distorted by the media. Check out what Prof Bernard Stewart, who chaired the working group behind this latest study, told BBC News in the video below.