Welcome to BeefMyths.org

The beef cattle industry, particularly regarding food safety and beef issues, has been portrayed negatively and inaccurately in recent years. From fabricated beef myths like “beef consumption causes rainforest deforestation” to links to all kinds of negative health, beef safety and beef nutrition issues, these ideas have taken hold with American consumers. With so many food safety and beef issues being faced by consumers, this Web site is an attempt to provide a means to help distinguish fact from fiction about the most common and egregious of these beef myths.Beef safety and beef nutrition remain extremely high priorities for the beef industry. Every precaution is being taken to ensure beef production in the United States remains safe and healthy. BeefMyths.org provides American consumers with the latest facts and attempts to debunk beef myths being circulated by consumer advocacy groups related to food safety and beef issues, including beef safety and beef nutrition. Myths about our food - scares, actually - are a popular tool for advocacy groups because the constant repetition of these beef myths makes them appear credible to the public.

Myths About Beef

Many aspects of the beef industry have been portrayed negatively and inaccurately in recent years. From urban myths about beef like “beef production is responsible for the disappearance of the Amazon rainforest” to links to all kinds of negative health and nutrition issues, these ideas have taken hold with American consumers who are constantly being asked to question the source of their food by scolds like Eric Schlosser and the Center for Science in the Public Interest. This Web site is an attempt to provide clarity where possible and truth where necessary about the most common and most egregious of these disputable myths about beef.Many of the myths about beef have been promulgated by an anti-corporate, anti-trade, anti-globalization advocacy community that wraps their agenda in junk science and fabricates food scares to influence an anxious population. Our goal at beefmyths.org is to provide information to counter many of these claims, to put the agendas of the advocacy groups into context, and to give readers an opportunity to ask important questions about American beef production.