The Meat Lobby: Big Business Against Health?

In 2015, the WHO classified one of the additives used in processed meats as carcinogenic. The same additive was nearly banned in the United States in the 1970s—until lobbying from the meat industry discredited the scientists behind the warning. This film reveals how industry lobbyists have spent decades working in the shadows to impede or halt regulations on certain additives.

At the center of this strategy are scientists who collaborate closely with the meat industry, receiving generous compensation for studies that promote meat consumption. Meanwhile, researchers whose work uncovers health risks associated with meat are systematically discredited and silenced.

From Brittany to Denmark to California and Wisconsin, director Sandrine Rigaud conducted a year-long investigation into the powerful and often hidden tactics of the meat industry.