The consumer industry is bracing itself for a potentially damaging report to be released today by the World Health Organization 's International Agency for Research on Cancer ( IARC ) , that will highlight the potential cancer risks linked to red and processed meat . Tensions have risen between the meat industry and government after it was reported over the weekend that it is intending to give processed meat the highest and red meat the second - highest carcinogenic risk rating .
The consumer industry is bracing itself for a potentially damaging report to be released today by the World Health Organisation's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), that will highlight the potential cancer risks linked to red and processed meat. Tensions have risen between the meat industry and IARC after it was reported over the weekend that it is intending to give processed meat the highest and red meat the second-highest carcinogenic risk rating.