The US Department of Agriculture has announced new procedures that would enable the agency to quickly detect and remove unsafe ground beef from grocery outlets and suppliers. In addition to detecting and removing the contaminated ground ...
Cargill, an American agribusiness giant, is planning to close its beef harvest facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, citing diminished cattle supply. The company has decided to close the plant following an18-month-long analysis of the ...
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US-based TacoTime has reintroduced certain products to its existing product range, as part of its rebranding strategy. The relaunched products include 5 Alarm Burrito, which is made with home-style tortilla filled with seasoned lean ...
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GNP’s natural chicken brand Gold'n Plump has added two new flavors to its existing Original flavor of Chicken Patties lineup. The new flavors, which include Bacon & Cheddar and Mushroom & Swiss, are made by using chicken thighs. ...
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Editor’s note: This article written by Christopher Peak originally appeared in the Point Reyes Light. Food Safety News does not endorse any individual food producer on cleanliness or safety. We also do not consider antibiotics or ...
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Organic farmers in California face unique issues in this devastating drought, leading some to bow out … or sell cows for hamburger meat San Joaquin Valley organic dairy farmer Tony Azevedo's business has dried up—literally. ...
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Calling it a move to improve transparency with consumers, major American beef producer Cargill has begun labeling some of its ground beef products that contain the company's finely textured beef, a lean beef product derived from fatty ...
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At the end of 2013, Consumer Reports made national headlines by reporting that 97 percent of retail chicken breasts were contaminated with some form of gut bacteria. Granted, not all of those bacteria are likely to make consumers sick, but ...
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US-based Cargill has designed communications initiatives for consumers to get more information about the ground beef products and started labeling some of them that contain finely textured beef. The initiative includes an array of ...
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The Healthy People 2020 initiative recently held a public webinar to update stakeholders on progress toward food safety objectives. Addressing the goals to reduce infections from pathogens commonly transmitted through food, Roberta ...
The $50 Wagyu Duet Australian pizza restaurant Company Domino's Pizza Enterprises (Domino's) has launched a $50 Wagyu beef pizza, the Wagyu Duet. Domino's says the new produce demonstrates its strategy of offering a "premium range with ...
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In October 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a draft risk assessment on the levels of contaminants in spices. The report made headlines nationwide for including the finding that 12 percent of spices imported to the U.S. ...
Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) is a voluntary program that is available to cattle producers throughout the country and gives guidelines on production and management. Practices taught through BQA certification classes promote management ...
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The December Cattle on Feed report said the number of cattle in large feedlots was down 5.5% at the start of the month. November placements were down 3.1% and November marketings were down 4.5%, largely due to one fewer slaughter day. The ...
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Cloud's Meats, Inc., of Carthage, MO, is voluntarily recalling beef and pork products that may possibly be contaminated with E. coli after positive test results in samples of items produced in mid-November. According to a Dec. 2 news ...
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