Report Shows Hot Dogs Contain Human DNA And Other Unwanted Substances

Processed meats like hot dogs have not only been classified as “carcinogenic to humans” by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) because of the carcinogenic toxins that are added preserve and enhance a meat’s color or taste, hot dogs have been shown contain unwanted substances.

This report^[1] by Clear Food analyzed 345 samples of hot dogs and sausages from various brands and retailers that included Butterball, McCormick, Eckrich, Target, and Walmart.

The report found human DNA in 2% of samples, and 1 of 6 samples of the human DNA were in vegetarian hot dog or sausage products. 14.4% of the hot dogs and sausages tested were problematic because they contained different types of meat that weren’t on the label.

The report also found:

• 10 percent of the vegetarian products actually contained meat.
• Nutritional labels were often inaccurate and for example the amount of protein in a product could be 2.5 lower than what was advertised.
• Pork was present in 3% of the samples it shouldn’t have been in.
• 4 of the 21 vegetarian samples that were tested had hygienic issues. Vegetarian items accounted for 67 percent of all of the hygienic issues.