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Beach Beat: What’s in a name? Beef — drop the mic and label the hamburger

By Coral Beach on March 14, 2019
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There’s a new ground beef in town. Its proud father is working to make sure folks know it for what it is. Ground beef. The father? Eldon Roth.

As far as I know, Roth…
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Disney, AIG head into arbitration on ABC’s settlement with BPI

By Dan Flynn on November 21, 2017

A federal judge has ordered AIG Specialty Insurance Co. into arbitration with The Walt Disney Co. in a dispute about a $25 million liability policy held by the ABC television network, which Disney owns.

Disney…
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Week 3: BPI continues case against ABC in defamation trial

By News Desk on June 19, 2017

logo BPIThe $1.9 billion state civil defamation trial pitting Beef Products  Inc. against Disney-owned ABC Television and reporter Jim Avila enters its third week today in Elk Point, SD. The 12-member jury and four alternates—11 women…
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Beef expert says Avila called, but wouldn’t listen to BPI details

By Dan Flynn on June 14, 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.

Video depositions are being heard during this second week of the…
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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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Publisher’s Platform: Blue Barf, Green Goop, Purple Puke, Red Rubbish or Yellow Yuck

By Bill Marler on June 4, 2017

Given the BPI v. ABC trial starts this week, I thought it would be good to repost an Op-Ed I penned in April 2012.

truthWhat if you were the CEO of a multimillion dollar,…
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Cargill Rolls Out Labels for Some Finely Textured Beef Products

By News Desk on February 4, 2014

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…
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Cargill to Label Products Containing Finely Textured Beef

By News Desk on November 6, 2013

Cargill Beef will begin labeling products that contain finely textured beef (FTB), a product sometimes referred to as “pink slime,” along with a similar product, lean finely textured beef made by Beef Products, Inc. The…
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IAFP 2013: Bridging the Gap Between Food Science and Public Perception

By James Andrews on July 31, 2013

With controversial issues such as genetically engineered foods, nanotechnology and Pink Slime occupying headlines that leave consumers concerned and food company executives wringing their hands, a panel of food safety experts convened on the second…
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Internal Emails Reveal FSIS Was Divided on 'Pink Slime'

By Gretchen Goetz on April 8, 2013

By Helena Bottemiller and Gretchen Goetz By March of last year, lean finely textured beef (LFTB) had reached celebrity status under the unfavorable moniker “pink slime.” The product—which is made by centrifuging slightly heated fatty …
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