As of the first of the year, cuts of meat sold in stores will now have to contain nutrition information. It will be interesting to see how this shakes out. Some friends raise grass fed beef cattle and sell it and fortunately they can just go online and download a generic label for grass fed beef that shows the standard nutrition facts. However, it doesn't show a lot too. Like what was the animal fed? Was it given hormones and antibiotics? Was it stressed in life and at slaughter? These thing impact the quality of the meat and are as important as the amount of fat, cholesterol and protein. Too bad it won't be part of the label's requirements so everyone can make really informed choices.
Listen to the NPR story.
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