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Hog Lobby

Ham doesn’t come in a pretty pink color. That enticing shade is achieved by injecting the meat with a sodium nitrate solution. Here are excerpts from a 2016 French documentary that dives into the process, as well as explaining a few of the unwanted health and safety concerns. Jamie Dlux introduces and discusses the documentary.

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