The World Health Organization classified red meat as a probable carcinogen.
Notes on verification
Confirmed directly by WHO/IARC official statements and corroborated by multiple independent sources including Harvard, ANSES, and news outlets. No contradictions found.
Sources
- New Dietary Guidelines for Americans - Mayo Clinic News Network (newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org)
- https://nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu/2015/11/03/report-says-eating-processed-meat-is-carcinogenic-understanding-the-findings/ (nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu)
- https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/cancer-carcinogenicity-of-the-consumption-of-red-meat-and-processed-meat (who.int)
- https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/xpert-reaction-to-iarc-classification-of-processed-meat-as-carcinogenic-to-humans-group-1-and-red-meat-as-probably-carcinogenic-to-humans-group-2a/ (sciencemediacentre.org)