Your ‘uncured’ bacon is a lie — and the USDA is forcing meat companies to tell it

Walk down the refrigerated aisle of any American grocery store and you’ll find bacon and ham wearing labels that sound like a clean bill of health: “uncured,” “no nitrates or nitrites added.” The packages cost more. Shoppers pay the premium because they believe they’re buying something safer for their families. Most of them are wrong […]

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