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Watch a 1-Hour Webinar on Lean Finely Textured Beef

By Chuck Jolley on May 8, 2012

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 produce their webinars and…

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Iowa Leaders Seek Congressional Hearing on Pink Slime Critics

By Helena Bottemiller on April 5, 2012

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 (LFTB), a formerly…

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Canada E. Coli Beef Recall Expands Again

By Julia Thomas on March 15, 2012

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 products.

The Canadian Food…

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Recall Expands for Beef Linked to E. Coli Case

By Olivia Marler on March 14, 2012

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 has been…

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Millions Still Like Their Burgers Pink

By Ross Anderson on February 23, 2012

Despite repeated E. coli outbreaks linked to undercooked ground beef, millions of Americans continue to favor their burgers slightly pink inside.

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That’s the gist of a survey by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control…

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FSIS Cuts O157 Tests for Ready-to-Eat Meats

By News Desk on September 10, 2011

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 tested more than…

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Don't Microwave These Recalled Burgers

By News Desk on August 6, 2011

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 Service (FSIS) announced late Friday.

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French Children Ill with E. coli from Hamburgers

By Dan Flynn on June 17, 2011

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 outbreak…

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Rare, Red Burgers on the Black Market

By Gretchen Goetz on May 18, 2011

“And how would you like your burger — medium, medium-well, or well-done?”

hamburgersrare-featured.jpgThe cooked end of the spectrum is the only option at restaurants in North Carolina, where rare burgers have been banned by state…

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Can High Pressure Technology Make Hamburger Safer?

By Cookson Beecher on February 22, 2011

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 of high-pressure processing to…

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