Has anyone on DU heard of this? Meat Glue.

[sir pball]

13. I'm fine, thanks.

Condescending would be a remark on destroying the subtlety and beauty of fresh trout with a home freezer, but I'm not one to judge that.

Anyway. Having finally watched the video, my jaw is on the floor. Not because my eyes have been opened but because it's unbelievably misleading. The reporter is, in my expert opinion, outright lying when he says he can't tell a difference between the whole steak and the handful of scraps doused with Activa and rolled up - I've done that myself for shits and giggles and it is absolutely nothing like a whole cut. "Indistinguishable" my ass. The EU-banned stuff isn't even "meat glue" per se, it's thrombin-based binders which is something I've only heard of, never seen in the wild...transglutaminase is much more stable, practical, and useful. And the masks, I lol'ed when he was all like "this shit is DANGEROUS!" Sure, if you tossed a handful in the air and took a few deep huffs of the aerosol you'd probably get pretty well screwed up, I can't imagine glued-together lungs are too pleasant, but it's not some horrid BSL-4 chemical you have to go on lockdown before opening the bag. (And no, there's no chronic risk. Your body will process anything you do inhale in the course of the day, since your body produces the enzymes itself).

The bacterial contamination is actually a legitimate point, but that assumes the user of the meat isn't aware it's been glued, which I still firmly state is impossible.

Maybe Australian meat providers are doing this, but in 18 years in the business I have never seen a glued cut of meat. I'll testify to that under oath.