Cigarette style health warning should be put on bacon.

[Cycleops]

Can you believe this?
https://www.theguardian.com/food/20...n-scientists-mps-call-for-uk-ban-cancer-fears
More nanny state intervention or a genuine concern for the proletariat?

 

[classic33]

Will this lead to plain packets, with pictures of the inside of a stomach on them? Sold only to those over a certain age, upon proof of age.

And in other news, the "five a day" campaign was just quietly dropped, as it may be bad for your health.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Can you believe this?
https://www.theguardian.com/food/20...n-scientists-mps-call-for-uk-ban-cancer-fears
More nanny state intervention or a genuine concern for the proletariat?

What’s wrong with banning the use of nitrates in bacon as per the article you shared ?

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I fully expect the health profession to highlight where cancer is a risk, so what’s the problem with this report?

 

[Alex321]

What’s wrong with banning the use of nitrates in bacon as per the article you shared ?

Nitrites (NO2-), not nitrates (NO3-).

 

[winjim]

Smoking causes cancer, bacon causes cancer, but smoking bacon cures it.

 

[Ian H]

Will this lead to plain packets, with pictures of the inside of a stomach on them? Sold only to those over a certain age, upon proof of age.

And in other news, the "five a day" campaign was just quietly dropped, as it may be bad for your health.

Who buys bacon in packets?

 

[winjim]

Nitrites (NO2-), not nitrates (NO3-).

My wife can't eat processed pork cos the nitrites give her a dicky tum so we get the 'Naked' brand bacon which has no additives. Chicken sausages too although occasionally Naked pork ones.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Nitrites (NO2-), not nitrates (NO3-).

The use of nitrates in bacon can be traced back to the Middle Ages when salt contaminated with potassium or sodium nitrate, also known as saltpeter, was used to preserve meat.

In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an independent agency of the World Health Organisation (WHO), reported that processed meat is carcinogenic to humans. This is based on an expert review article, which is summarised in the scientific journal Lancet Oncology.


WHO defines processed meats as products that have undergone salting, curing, fermentation or smoking to enhance flavour or improve preservation. This includes products like bacon, salami, hot dogs, ham and corned beef.

It includes both nitrates and nitrites

 

[Alex321]

Who buys bacon in packets?

Most people, I suspect.

Only people who buy their meat from stand alone butchers shops are likely to do otherwise, and I suspect that is a fairly small proportion of the population.

 

[Alex321]

The use of nitrates in bacon can be traced back to the Middle Ages when salt contaminated with potassium or sodium nitrate, also known as saltpeter, was used to preserve meat.

In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an independent agency of the World Health Organisation (WHO), reported that processed meat is carcinogenic to humans. This is based on an expert review article, which is summarised in the scientific journal Lancet Oncology.


WHO defines processed meats as products that have undergone salting, curing, fermentation or smoking to enhance flavour or improve preservation. This includes products like bacon, salami, hot dogs, ham and corned beef.

It includes both nitrates and nitrites

Yes, but the article this thread is about was talking specifically about nitrites.

 

[wafter]

I think ultimately this is about over-processing food, rather than bacon itself.

That said, apparently Nitrites give bacon its "distinctive pink colour" - one disturbing memory from an otherwise fantastic trip to the utiopia that is Holland was their "bacon" - essentially looking like hyper-thin pork chops; limp, brown and soggy. I hope this isn't in our future..

 

[classic33]

Who buys bacon in packets?

Last butcher I bought sliced bacon from never reopened after lockdown.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Yes, but the article this thread is about was talking specifically about nitrites.

But link to source for the article, which includes nitrates and should be included if you are talking about a ban.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutrit...t-is-carcinogenic-understanding-the-findings/

 

[Ian H]

Last butcher I bought sliced bacon from never reopened after lockdown.

What a shame. There are three good butchers in this little market town.