In a post to its Health Facts and Fears blog, the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) has criticized the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine’s (PCRM) attack on processed meats in school meals.  After noting that PCRM is a “misleadingly” named group of “animal rights activists”, the post concludes:

While no responsible nutrition professional would advocate feeding children processed meats in large amounts every day, moderate amounts won’t harm them — and who can go to a ballgame and resist the hot dogs that make the day complete? Lighten up, PCRM. The reports you cited are certainly not the final word on cancer causation, and it is not necessary to go vegan in order to be healthy.

http://www.acsh.org/factsfears/newsID.1177/news_detail.asp