But the USDA confirms to news that it has still not established rules requiring additives to be listed in meat packaging labels. As a result, since at least March, consumers have been voicing on USDA’s government website their outrage about the controversy.

They have been demanding that USDA adopt rules requiring mandatory, not voluntary, identification of additives in meat labels. One consumer wrote on March 9 “[It's] absolutely unprofessional the way USDA has permitted additives to escape being identified on meat labels. If USDA does not reverse its error of calling sub-par beef scraps with pink coloring beef, it will be clear USDA …. has no concern for public well being…. Ultimately if it does not begin representing the US Consumer versus current and past examples of misleading consumers”.

Some consumers contend that the USDA has been too silent about additives in meat packaging, claiming that the agency needs to talk more to the consumer and less to the companies. One consumer wrote “USDA really needs to hold a news conference and start explaining this stuff to the world. Until then, it makes the world look like the USDA … is hiding something from the world.”

Cargill however has issued a news statement that confirms that it will make “voluntary labeling” changes so that they are acceptable to their consumers. And BPI spokesman Craig Letch said in a news statement to MSNBC today said its efforts “an important first step in restoring consumer confidence in their ground beef.”

But Apotheosis  says it’s worth every penny. He tells news today “I am not telling anyone they should do this surgery, but I am laying out my experiences and the risks that I have taken and the successes that I have had and let people make their own decision.”

He adds “When I walk down the street a different person perceived differently by the world for the rest of my life, you know, I am who I want to be now”. Apotheosis tells news that he is not his real name. “And I am not trying to be godlike; I am trying to be the best me that I can be.”

Dr. Dror Paley, of the Paley Institute at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., does the procedure for hundreds of clients annually. Akash Shukla tells news today that he underwent the procedure because he was 4′11 ½..

“The majority who come for cosmetic limb lengthening have what we call, height dysphoria. They’re unhappy with their height,” Paley tells ABC today. For more click HERE.

The syndrome derives from a child being born with extra material from chromosome 18. The extra material interferes with child development. Fifty percent of children with the condition do not survive past the first week of life. The rest often have development problems later in life.

The U.S. Library of Medicine states “Tests can be done during pregnancy to determine if the child has this syndrome. Genetic testing is recommended for parents who have a child with this syndrome who want additional children.”

Michael Clair, 53, moreover continued to file insurance coverage claims for his paper clip work even after he was in trouble. He did so three years after he was suspended from Medicaid.

Officials have yet to indicate what sentencing they will seek for Clair. A hearing is set for next Monday, prosecutors confirm to news. Prosecutors will file their sentencing papers, stapled, with the Court this week.

The hospital medic, not identified, admits to news that he tripped getting out of a helicopter. At that point, the cooler’s latch opened causing the organ to fall out. Police defended the move as “a rapid, precision maneuver”. But the medic admits he just tripped.

He swiftly put the heart (wrapped in plastic) back into the cooler and went on his way. Mexican health officials confirm that same heart that fell onto the street has now been transplanted into a 20 year old patient.

Officials assured news that the heart was wrapped with three layers of plastic. “Its arrival was a bit scary, but fortunately it all went well. Because we had the heart perfectly protected as it was packed in three layers”. The patient is resting well tonight. The medic is not so much.