1.   They are displayed whole at meat counters or are cut into short lengths and packaged.

2.   And steaks, chickens, pork chops, roasts and the rest come into this world in the shrink-wrapped packages we see displayed in supermarket meat counters.

3.   Anyone who has spent time at a supermarket meat counter knows that nutrition labeling is hard to find.

4.   Ask at the meat counter.

5.   At Le Bon Marche food halls, a middle-aged woman in a slim skirt and cardigan pushes her cart up to the meat counter.

6.   At the supermarket, he cleans out the meat counter.

7.   A nice lady working behind the meat counter is talking to a man wearing a tie and a name plate.

8.   But at the meat counter in the large Western-style supermarket, Tatyana Karabutova wore a name badge, a smile and a command of Latvian.

9.   Consumers are seeing some lower prices in the meat counters but not as low as some of the feeders would expect.

10.   Even for experienced cooks, approaching the meat counter can be a prelude to bewilderment.