The North American Meat Institute says delays are costing meat and poultry producers $30m a week.
But in April last year, the European Commission told the FSA that it no longer regarded DSM as a form of meat and it would have to reclassify it as MRM, which meant it could no longer be used in low-cost meat items.
Don't expect a low-cost meat dress fashion line to hit Target stores anytime soon.
Even Uber's drivers are viewed as unfortunate luggage by this red-in-tooth-and-claw capitalist company which hopes to be able to edit them out in time, when driverless cars will enable it to liquidate another pesky meat-based cost centre.
Well, let me tell you, my friend, with the high cost of meat and the low employment rate, not to mention the fact that most meat sold at the grocery store was last inside an animal in the late 50s, eating brains out of a human skull is the cheapest option for fresh meat that most of us can find.
The cost of meat production in terms of the environment, animal welfare and global health is already staggering, and meat consumption globally is predicted to double by 2050, she writes.
For example, if you want to use the high production cost of meat products as a talking point to explore the roots of the California drought, you might discuss meat production in one body paragraph, and the effects of the drought in the next.
Flying would become extraordinarily expensive, the cost of meat would soar and virtually everything would be made from recycled material.
The cost of meat in particular is running high, according to a wholesale price survey by the Agriculture Department.
So although the cost of meat for consumers could dip initially, tighter supplies would fuel prices during the high-consumption winter months.
