Glowing meat alarms Australians: “Australians have been told there is no need to panic after a recent ‘glow-in-the-dark pork chop’ scare.” A caller to a Sydney radio show raised the spectre of radioactive meat but authorities say the glow is called by Pseudomonas fluorescans. a species of bacteria which naturally inhabit the pork chops. However, proliferation of the bacteria occurs when it is stored at an improper temperature, so it can be an indication that it is going off. (BBC)