2014 Event Russia counters sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union by banning all imports of dairy, fish, meat, fruit and vegetables; Ukrainian flights have also been prohibited from Russian air space 2014 Event Multiple U.S. food chains in China drop meat supplier Shanghai Husi after reports that the company used expired meat and unsanitary processing conditions; companies include McDonald's, Taco Bell, Burger King and Starbucks 2013 Event In London, the world's first bovine stem cells lab-grown burger is cooked and eaten at a news conference; one food expert said it was 'close to meat, but not that juicy' 2013 Event Shuanghui, a Chinese meat processing company, buys Smithfield Foods for $4.72 billion; Smithfield was the world's largest meat processing company 2013 Event The recent meat adulteration scandal prompts Swedish furniture megastore IKEA to stop sales of its moose meat lasagna in its worldwide stores 2013 Event The British Food Standards Agency reports a discovery in Lancashire of 100kg of horse meat imported from Hungary labelled as beef 2012 Event A Harvard Medical School study claims that red meat increases the risk of death and has additional negative health implications 1992 Death Emmy Huf, Dutch cabaret performer/writer (I Want Warm Meat), dies 1980 Event Deborah Harry/Meat Loaf film, "Roadie," premieres 1966 Event U.S. RC bishops ends rules against eating meat on Fridays 1966 Event Beatles pose with mutilated dolls and butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday and Today" album, It is later pulled 1966 Birthday Stephen Mailer, born in New York City, actor, Red Meat, League of Their Own, War and Love 1965 Birthday Vinnie Jones, born in Watford, England, professional soccer player, midfielder, won 1988 FA Cup Final with Wimbledon, actor, appeared in 'The Midnight Meat Train' 1959 Birthday Kirk and Curtwood, musician, Meat Puppets 1947 Birthday Meat Loaf, Marvin Lee Aday, Dallas, rocker, Bat Out of Hell 1945 Event Most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ends 1944 Event Meat rationing ends in U.S. 1943 Event Meat and cheese rationed in U.S. 1943 Event Meat, butter and cheese rationed in U.S. during WW II 1943 Event Meat rationed in U.S., 784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's 1943 Event Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat and soy meal) 1933 Event 1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minn 1931 Event Canned rattlesnake meat 1st goes on sale in Florida 1906 Event Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act adopted 1882 Event 1st cargo of frozen meat leaves New Zealand for Britain, on SS Dunedin 1882 Event SS Dunedin leaves New Zealand with 1st frozen meat to England 1731 Event Dutch people revolt against meat tax 1660 Event Asser Levy granted butchers license (kosher meat) in New Amsterdam
