Month: October 2012

National Restaurant Association Seeks Standout Food & Beverage Innovations

October 23, 2012 National Restaurant Association

The National Restaurant Association is calling on food and beverage manufacturers who have made significant advancements and innovation in ingredients, preparation, processing, and packaging be it a new flavor concept, improved nutritional profile or increased cost/labor efficiencies to apply for a 2013 FABI Award. Formerly known as Food and Beverage Product Innovations Awards, the FABI Awards program maintains all the same prestige, under a more memorable, user-friendly name. …

Higa Meat & Pork Market Recalls Ground Beef, Possible E. Coli Contamination

October 23, 2012 USDA FSIS

Higa Meat & Pork Market, a Honolulu, HI establishment, is recalling approximately 4,100 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced. …

Main Street Quality Meats Recalls Ground Beef, Possible E. Coli Contamination

October 23, 2012 USDA FSIS

Main Street Quality Meats, a Salt Lake City, Utah establishment, is recalling approximately 2,310 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced. …

Grass-Fed Beef In More Pastures And On More Plates

October 23, 2012 Georgina Gustin, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In St. Louis and around the country, the appetite for grass-fed beef has shot up in recent years. While still a small percentage of the beef consumed in the U.S. — about 3 percent — advocates, consumers and producers predict the number will keep rising. One study put demand growth at 20 percent a year. …

National Beef Loses Walmart Contract

October 23, 2012 Alan Mauldin, The Moultrie Observer

Despite the loss of business with the nation’s largest retailer, National Beef Packing Co. expects no disruptions at its Moultrie meat processing facility, officials said Friday. …