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BPI Sues to Keep Ammonia Beef Records Private
The ammonia beef saga has taken an interesting twist. Right before the New York Times published an article questioning the pervasive use of ammonia in beef processing, lawyers at Marler Clark, LLP, a...
View ArticleOn Cooking Burgers: Out, damned E. coli! Out!
For decades, the meat industry has insisted that pathogens like E. coli O157:H7 are inherent to raw meat, that there is no way for the manufacturing process to eliminate the possible presence of...
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1st Quarter Recalls Top 9.1 Million Pounds
About 4,595 tons of meat and meat products were recalled during the first quarter of 2010, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)....
View ArticleGround Beef Recalled In Modesto
Going into this past weekend, on April 10, WinCo Foods recalled all ground beef products sold at its Modesto, CA store between April 3 and 9, 2010. The Class 1, High Health Risk recall is only for the...
View ArticlePulitzer Awarded for Food Safety Expose
Michael Moss and members of the New York Times staff won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting for telling Stephanie Smith’s story, it was announced Monday. Smith is the Minnesota dance...
View ArticleCargill, E. coli Victim Settle Suit
From a Press Release: Stephanie Smith and Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation announce jointly that they have settled the lawsuit filed by Ms. Smith in December 2009. Ms. Smith, a twenty-two year old...
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Another Look at School Ground Beef Standards
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) detailed new, more stringent standards for ground beef purchased for the the National School Lunch Program in the wake of a December 2009...
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6-Month Old Beef Recalled: Check Your Freezer
A one million pound recall of ground beef contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 associated with an outbreak in California may have come too late to do much good. Still, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection...
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Play It Safe With Hamburgers
MYTH: I don’t need to use a thermometer when I’m cooking hamburgers. If the meat inside the burger is brown–not pink–it’s safe to eat. FACT: According to USDA research conducted in 1998, one out of...
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Canada: Cowboy Burgers Recalled for E. coli
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced this week that Leadbetters Foods Inc. is recalling its Leadbetters Cowboy Beef Burgers for potential contamination with E. coli O157:H7. According...
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Can High Pressure Technology Make Hamburger Safer?
Hailing a patent-pending process for a new line of fresh hamburger patties as a “natural option for food safety” and a “technological breakthrough,” meat-industry giant Cargill has begun using a method...
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Rare, Red Burgers on the Black Market
“And how would you like your burger — medium, medium-well, or well-done?” The cooked end of the spectrum is the only option at restaurants in North Carolina, where rare burgers have been banned by...
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French Children Ill with E. coli from Hamburgers
Like an aftershock following a big earthquake, an outbreak of E. coli is causing apprehension in France, but is said to be unrelated to the larger outbreak of O104:H4 centered in northern Germany. The...
View ArticleDon't Microwave These Recalled Burgers
Minute metal fragments found on a ready-to-eat hamburger prompted an Iowa company to recall approximately 10,668 pounds of beef patties, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection...
View ArticleFSIS Cuts O157 Tests for Ready-to-Eat Meats
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will no longer test dry and semi-dry fermented sausage and fully cooked meat patties for E. coli O157:H7. Saying it has...
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Millions Still Like Their Burgers Pink
Despite repeated E. coli outbreaks linked to undercooked ground beef, millions of Americans continue to favor their burgers slightly pink inside. That’s the gist of a survey by researchers at the...
View ArticleRecall Expands for Beef Linked to E. Coli Case
The February recall of certain beef burgers and beef steaks in Canada has been expanded, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The beef may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 and...
View ArticleCanada E. Coli Beef Recall Expands Again
Canadian health authorities are once again expanding a recall of certain beef products as part of an ongoing E. coli O157:H7 investigation. One illness has been reported in connection with these...
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Iowa Leaders Seek Congressional Hearing on Pink Slime Critics
Congressman Steve King (R-IA) and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad are pushing for a congressional probe into what many in the meat industry are calling a “smear campaign” against Lean Finely Textured Beef...
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Watch a 1-Hour Webinar on Lean Finely Textured Beef
Over the last 2 years, Food Seminars International has produced over 100 online “webinars” on food safety and related fields. FSI often teams up with the Food Processing Suppliers Association to...
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