Ag Department Approves Treatment to Make Meat Look Good Long After it is Rotten

No, I am not joking.

The meat packers got permission to use Carbon Monoxide to keep meat looking fresh (it makes hemoglobin very red). It should be noted that they approved it as "generally recognized as safe," or GRAS, which meant that there was no public review.

FWIW, this technology is banned by banned by the European Union, Japan and Canada.

Here are some pictures:


God bless the George W. Bush Agricultural department.