Not surprisingly, as with many players in thefood industry, quality often comes down to the bottom line.

Here are seven secrets the big beef companies don’t want you to know.

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Beef production contributes a significant amount to human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.

After this, they are most always slaughtered for beef.

They reached out to more than a dozen major food labels to ask where these brands sourced their meats.

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The reporters were told in 11 out of 13 inquiries that the companies had a policy against such disclosures.

In fact, there’s no law compelling such disclosure absent any mitigating circumstances.

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