Stories Tagged "beef"
McDonald's Cuts Angus Burgers From Menu
posted on May 10, 2013 at 1:18 PM
The company intends to expand its line of lower-cost Quarter Pounders in coming months, including an option with bacon.
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Poland finds horse meat DNA in beef samples
posted on March 1, 2013 at 4:34 PM
One of Poland's top veterinarians said Thursday that traces of horse-meat DNA have been found in beef samples taken from three meat processors - the first acknowledgement that the country could be a source of the horse meat that fraudulently ended...
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Food Prices To Rise Above Inflation Rate
posted on February 8, 2013 at 5:52 PM
Japan Relaxes US Beef Import Limits
posted on February 1, 2013 at 1:07 PM
Japan and the United States have agreed that imports of beef from cows up to 30 months old will be allowed.
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First Came Cheese, Now Comes Charcuterie?
posted on February 1, 2013 at 12:43 PM
Vermont officials are exploring a new round of value added agriculture.
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Cargill Idles Plainview, Texas, Beef Processing plant
posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:25 PM
PLAINVIEW, Texas – January 17, 2013 – Cargill announced plans today to idle its Plainview, Texas, beef processing facility effective at the close of business Friday, Feb.1, 2013. The company said the action resulted...
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SD beef plant clears final financial hurdle
posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:16 AM
A beef processing plant in South Dakota that has struggled to begin operations says it has enough finances to get to full production.
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Report: Beef industry using risky procedures
posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:05 PM
Officials with the American Meat Institute, an industry lobbying group, defended the tenderizing process as safe.
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BPI Files Lawsuit Against ABC
posted on September 14, 2012 at 3:51 PM
Beef Products Inc. has filed a defamation lawsuit against ABC News for its coverage of a meat product that critics dubbed "pink slime," alleging the network misled consumers to believe the product is unhealthy and unsafe.
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Cattle Prices Jump As Ranchers Begin Rebuilding
posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:14 PM
FRANKSTON, Texas (AP) — A cow runs circles in a small pen, her baby close by her side. Ranchers, their brows wrinkled, scribble in a glossy catalog while high on a podium the auctioneer slams his gavel, taking bids as the price of the pair...
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Beef Processing Plants To Close in 3 States Over Controversy
posted on May 11, 2012 at 6:43 PM
Beef Supporters Ask For Congressional Investigation
posted on April 5, 2012 at 3:50 PM
Beef State Governors Push Back On Finely Textured Beef
posted on March 30, 2012 at 3:40 PM
National Grocers Stop Buying "Pink Slime" Meat
posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:42 PM
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — At least three national supermarket operators have decided to stop buying ground beef that contains the filler now known as "pink slime."
Federal regulators say the filler, known in the industry as "lean, finely...
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Taiwanese Protest US Beef Import Plan
posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:39 PM
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Thousands of Taiwanese farmers staged a raucous protest Thursday against a government plan to allow the import of U.S. beef containing a growth drug, challenging their president to "say no" to Washington.
The protest...
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