There is another way that meat and poultry products can deceive and be made to appear to be healthier than they are. The FDA requires package labels and atkins diet food list claims be based on realistic size as well. But since this regulation doesn’t apply to meat and poultry, products are allowed to base their claims on serving sizes that are ridiculously low. For the innocent shopper, the result is bizarre. A can of FDA regulated chicken soup will falsely seem to have less fat than an FDA regulated vegetable soup.
The standard that defines “low fat” is also much looser for meat and poultry products than for other foods. It has been pointed out many times than consumers would be best served if the USDA and the FDA used the same definition of “low fat.” The meat and poultry industries however, have adamantly opposed the idea. Their reason is simple, if meat and poultry products were held to the same standard as others, complained Jerry Wagner of the National Cattlemen’s Association, we wouldn’t have any meat items being able to meet the criteria.
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