Free Pork
Pork can carry bacteria such as Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Yersinia enterocolitica that can cause illness in people if consumed raw or undercooked. The bacteria can also be spread by contaminated cutting boards, utensils or other foods contact surfaces. The bacteria can be destroyed by thorough cooking and safe handling.
Unlike conventional pigs, crate-free pigs are free to run across spacious pastures, bask in the sun and breathe fresh air, which makes for healthy and happy hogs and delicious pork.
Free Meat
Although the effect of introducing meat-free options in cafeterias was smaller than suggested in Study 1 and in the online experiment, sensitivity analyses suggest that in worksites catering to a wider demographic than those targeted in Study 2, increasing meat-free availability may still lead to modest improvements in purchasing. Furthermore, there was no evidence that the responsiveness to the meat-free availability intervention varied by participant demographics (usual meat consumption, education and gender) or alternative socioeconomic status measures of deprivation (income and Index of Multiple Deprivation; Supplementary Table S7). Targeting relative availability thus appears to be a potentially effective approach to improving diet quality without exacerbating existing inequalities.