OKAY Lean beef can be part of diets designed to help reduce risk of cancer. The recipes help consumers put health recommendations into practice. The current cyclical expansion of cattle numbers is more rapid than expected. Beef production is expected to peak in 1997 or 1998. Supplies of competing meats also are growing.
Consumers can expect relatively low-priced meat through the end of the century.
The American Meat Institute reports that meat companies produce 1.5 billion pounds of red- meat hot dogs each year. Poultry companies produce 300-400 million pounds of poultry franks. It all adds up to average per capita consumption of 60 hot dogs per year. Most frequent consumption of hot dogs is between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The average 1.6-ounce hot dog contains 150 calories.