FSIS Issues Directive About Safe & Suitable Ingredients

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued FSIS Directive 7120.1, Revision 3: Safe and Suitable Ingredients Used in the Production of Meat, Poultry and Egg Products.

Live Well Event Motivates Health Professionals To Recommend Beef

The June Live Well 2010: A Return to Real Food and Simple Pleasures event, funded by the beef checkoff, was designed to engage and mobilize top-tier health professionals and credentialed members of the nutrition media, providing them with new research and tools to incorporate beef nutrition information into their education efforts.

Foster Farms Turkey Franks Ranked Top Dog In Foodie Taste Test

July 6, 2010 Foster Farms

Summer grilling enthusiasts in search of a healthier yet flavorful alternative to the All American beef hot dog don’t have to look any further. Foster Farms Turkey Franks were just ranked #1 by a distinguished panel of San Francisco Bay Area foodies (including renowned restaurateurs), and were inducted into the San Francisco Chronicle’s Taster’s Choice Hall of Fame.

National VealMadeEasy.com Recipe Contest Winner From Livonia, N.Y.

The beef checkoff is pleased to announce Jasmin Baron of Livonia, N.Y., as the winner of its Veal Made Easy Recipe Contest. For her prize-winning recipe, Panko Sesame Crusted Veal Cutlets with Asian Soy Lemon Butter Sauce, Baron received $500 in gift cards Monday, June 28 at Wegmans in Geneseo, her favorite grocery supermarket.

Celebrity Chef Fires Up Pork Grillers, Groupies

July 6, 2010 National Pork Board

As the host of the Food Networks 10 Dollar Dinners, celebrity chef Melissa dArabian knows how to combine simple ingredients and quick preparation for maximum flavor. Since she often relies on grilled pork to create family-friendly meals, she has teamed up with the Pork Checkoff this summer to help consumers tame the flame and kick off the national photo contest, Calling All Grillers with Groupies!