Meat packing waste and weight trends in 1960 data
Vic Vet states meat packers use 78 percent of live weight of cattle or lambs with about 22 percent shrinkage. In 1960 the average American ate 161 pounds of meat, about six pounds more than in 1948.
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1949
Page
5
Vic Vet states meat packers use 78 percent of live weight of cattle or lambs with about 22 percent shrinkage. In 1960 the average American ate 161 pounds of meat, about six pounds more than in 1948.
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