They had been advised to eat one pound of red meat per day and avoid carbohydrate-rich food.
The avoidance of red meat is also commonly recommended, as is the avoidance of dairy products.
The chapter on red meat represented the considered view of the majority of the veterinary experts engaged in the assessment.
The revised and condensed version covering both red meat and poultry was put to the industry representatives last year.
Of these, 162 were red meat slaughterhouses and 48 were poultry slaughterhouses.
That puts the matter into context, but there has been a fall in the consumption of red meat for a long time.
We have been told that red meat consumption has been declining.
That relates to poultry as well as to red meat.
