Tag: beef
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Sequestration Is a Big Deal — Why USDA Inspectors Are Vital to the Meat Industry
image from here There’s a lot of hubbub about potentially furloughing all USDA meat inspectors for two weeks beginning on March 1. My friend Jenny, who has spent countless days working in her family’s meat locker, wrote a fantastic post about the potential impact of no inspectors in the meat plant for two weeks. Please…
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If You’re Wasting, You Shouldn’t Be Whinging
There’s a little bit of Australian vocab for you – whinging means to whine, complain, protest, etc. Didn’t know you were going to learn about food wastage and vocab today, did you? Anyhow, several factors led to this blog post – first, there was this article from Drover’s. I’ll be sort-of summarizing it so if…
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Is Bigger Always Better When It Comes to Steak
Yes and no. image credit As Americans, we tend to think bigger is better. More value for the dollar. Efficiency. More for less. That mantra has led to increased farm efficiency, bigger cows and therefore bigger steaks to feed a growing, hungry population. But do Americans really want bigger steaks? A recent article on BEEF…
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ABC News – Defamation of BCI, Lost Jobs and Lawsuits
High profile lawsuit against ABC and newscasters I’m not talking about the $1.2 billion lawsuit against the news mogul that Beef Products, Inc. (BPI) filed in early September. The lawsuit at hand is one that former senior counsel for BPI, Bruce Smith, has filed and is seeking $70,000 in damages for his lost job. Smith…
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Beef, Food Safety and Smart Choices
This post is brought to you by a personal experience that I remembered because I was wide awake way too late at night due to Fort Riley dropping bombs on my doorstep. That didn’t sound right but it was loud and I was awake. On to the story – the date is February 15, 2011…