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Hormel, Pilgrim’s Pride, BPI provide reports to USDA’s brass

By News Desk on March 21, 2018

Hormel, Pilgrim’s Pride and Beef Products Inc. were three companies providing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service with a personal update during February. A delegation from each company met with acting…
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Looks like BPI got ABC’s insurance money plus $177 million

By Dan Flynn on August 10, 2017

The confidential settlement reached on June 28 between Beef Products Inc., and Disney-owned ABC News is not entirely a secret anymore.

The Walt Disney Company’s quarterly financial filing with the Securities and Executive Commission (SEC)…
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ABC strikes back by churning up BPI’s earlier history

By Dan Flynn on June 9, 2017
On its website beefisbeef.com, BPI has links to several videos showing some of its facilities and describing food safety practices.
On its website beefisbeef.com, BPI has links to several videos showing some of its facilities and describing food safety practices.

ELK POINT, SD — It would probably not be accurate to…
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Jury trial begins today in BPI v. ABC on the saga of ‘pink slime’

By Dan Flynn on June 5, 2017

ELK POINT, SD — A 12-member jury and four alternates, including 11 women and five men, are ready to hear opening arguments today in a $1.9 billion defamation trial scheduled to last eight weeks here…
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‘Pink Slime’ Lawsuit Gets Green Light for Trial As Product Demand Returns

By Dan Flynn on May 30, 2014

Lean, finely textured beef (LFTB) is back, and the lawsuit one of its producers has going against ABC News is not going away. It hasn’t been for lack of trying. ABC tried to get the…
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Judge Hears Arguments in ABC's 'Pink Slime' Defamation Case

By James Andrews on December 17, 2013

Lawyers representing ABC News and two former USDA inspectors squared off Tuesday in a South Dakota courtroom against attorneys for Beef Products Inc. (BPI) in a defamation lawsuit stemming from the television network’s coverage of…
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In Defense of Food Safety Leadership

By Nancy Donley on March 17, 2012

My only child, Alex, died from hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) caused by eating E. coli O157:H7-contaminated ground beef back in 1993 when he was only 6 years old. It was the most horrendous experience possible.
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What’s Wrong With Pink Slime?

By Phyllis Entis on March 12, 2012

It’s high in protein.

It’s low in fat.

It’s been treated to kill Salmonella and E. coli.

It’s lab-tested before it is shipped.

So what’s all the fuss about?

Gerald Zirnstein, a former microbiologist with…
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BPI Ground Beef Gets Support From Food Safety Leaders

By Dan Flynn on March 9, 2012

As Beef Products Inc. was being “slimed” this week —  from the blogosphere to network television — David M. Theno was feeling unusually helpless watching from Tampa where he was keynoting the 2012 Annual Beef…
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Manipulated Public Opinion Trumps Real Science – Again

By Chuck Jolley on January 9, 2012

The very recent attacks on Beef Products Inc. by groups of well-intentioned but seriously misguided foodies is more proof that good science is too often trumped by manipulated public opinion. For those of you who…

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