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# IAFP Interview: Waldrop Discusses Mechanically Tenderized Beef
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/08/interview-christopher-waldrop-discusses-mechanically-tenderized-beef/
- Published: 2014-08-15T05:03:14.000Z
- Updated: 2014-08-15T05:03:14.000Z
- Author: James Andrews
- Tags: Food Policy & Law, Nutrition & Public Health, Christopher Waldrop, Consumer Federation of America, IAFP, IAFP 2014, mechanically tenderized beef, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 08:58

Christopher Waldrop, director of the Food Policy Institute at the Consumer Federation of America, spoke with **Food Safety News** at the 2014 Conference of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP).

The discussion covered the food safety risks associated with mechanically tenderized beef, as well as some of Waldrop’s concerns with the USDA’s new poultry rule.

Watch the video interview below: