Meat Eaters Guide: Methodology - Environmental Working Group

Assumptions and Data:
1. Virtually all muscle cuts of beef are fresh (never frozen)
Processed beef products are generally made from previously frozen cuts
More than half of ground beef is frozen
Source: Telephone conversation with JBS July 30, 2010
2. 1994-96 and 1998 Beef Intake:
Source: USDA/ERS researchers Davis and Lin, 2005, citing USDA 1994-96 and 1998 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals
.
Full Citation:
Davis, C .G . and Lin, B-H . Factors Affecting U.S. Beef Consumption / LDP-M-135-02
Economic Research Service/ USDA . Available: http://ddr.nal.usda.gov/bitstream/10113/41246/1/CAT31061084.pdf . Accessed
8/19/2010 .
Pork Ratios
Frozen………….……………………………………….. 62%
Fresh……………………………………………………. 38%
Assumptions and Data:
1. The vast majority of pork is processed; pork is generally frozen before processing.
Source: Telephone conversation with JBS July 30, 2010
2. 1994-96 and 1998 Pork Intake:
The 1994-96 and 1998 CSFII data indicate that 38 percent of the pork consumed in the U .S . was fresh and 62 percent processed .
Source: Davis, Christopher G . and Lin, Biing-Hwan . 2005b . “Factors Affecting U .S . Pork
Consumption .” Electronic Outlook Report from the Economic Research Service, Report
No . LDP-M-130-01 . Available online at the USDA-ERS web site, accessed September 7,
2010: http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/LDP/may05/ldpm13001/ldpm13001.pdf .
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