Monday, November 5, 2012

Safety of Beef Processing Method Is Questioned - NYTimes.com

Safety of Beef Processing Method Is Questioned - NYTimes.com:

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(GROSS. I am seriously never eating ground beef again.)


Beef Products maintains that its ammonia process remains effective. It said it tests samples of each batch it ships to customers and has found E. coli in only 0.06 percent of the samples this year.
The company says its processed beef, a mashlike substance frozen into blocks or chips, is used in a majority of the hamburger sold nationwide. But it has remained little known outside industry and government circles. Federal officials agreed to the company’s request that the ammonia be classified as a “processing agent” and not an ingredient that would be listed on labels.

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