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.
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Week 3: BPI continues case against ABC in defamation trial
The $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
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
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
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.
What if you were the CEO of a multimillion dollar,
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Cargill Rolls Out Labels for Some Finely Textured Beef Products
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
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
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 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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Lawsuit Filed in E. coli Death; Defendants Include JBS, BPI and Tyson
JBS Swift, Tyson Fresh Meat, Beef Products Inc. (BPI) and several other companies have been blamed for the 2010 death of a Minnesota man due to E. coli poisoning in a lawsuit filed against the
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Ex-BPI Employee Sues Media Over LFTB Controversy
A former Beef Products Inc. employee has filed a civil lawsuit against a number of media sources, alleging that they “willfully and maliciously” spread false and misleading statements about BPI’s beef filler known as lean
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