Senators urge USDA, HHS to keep lean meat in dietary guidelines

A cohort of mostly GOP Senators is calling on USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services to make sure lean meat is included in the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In February, a panel of nutrition experts – the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) – released a report suggesting a healthy diet consisted of lower quantities of lean meat, inflaming meat and livestock groups eager to defend their products. Read more at Agri-Pulse…