Ground beef has been the subject of several high-profile outbreaks of food-borne illness in recent years, as well as product recalls. But tracing the source of such an outbreak is often challenging for investigators. Now, the USDA is proposing new rules for ground beef processors. What's still unclear is how the rules might affect small processors.
Americans will eat billions of pounds of ground beef this year – that's billions, with a 'B.'
Barry Higgins and his crew at Maple Lane Farms in Charleston are making some right now. "if this was a big plant, you'd be running this into a big tub, and you'd have a grinder five times as big," Higgins says.
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