A controversial study, linking red meat with increased risk of cancer, has now come under bitter criticism, thanks to scientists strongly claiming that they have managed to find flaws in the research.

Lots of controversy was spurred by the World Cancer Research Fund charity about 3 years back, when the group claimed that consumption of red and processed meat managed to increase the probability of contracting colorectal cancer.

The study managed to depress UK's farming and meat industries by insisting that people should not be consuming over 500 grammes of red or processed meat a week.

A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, however, has refuted that earlier research's claims. After conducting a thorough review of the WCRF's study, scientists Dr. Stewart Truswell, of the University of Sydney, and Dr. Dominik Alexander, of Exponent, concluded that "there is no conclusive evidence of a causal relationship" between eating meat and developing cancer".

In the WCRF's defense, Prof. Martin Wiseman, Project Director of the report, said, "We say explicitly that red meat has important nutritional benefits and do not recommend avoiding it altogether".