5 Things You Need To Know About Grass-Fed Beef

The organic movement has taken the world by storm. But whats truly healthy and whats just hype? The manager of a grass-fed beef farm breaks it down.

Feds Trying To Find Source Of Modesto Winco’s Bad Beef

Government agencies are investigating the source of contaminated ground beef sold at the WinCo Foods store in Modesto. WinCo issued a voluntary recall of all ground beef products sold in plastic trays at the store from April 3 through Friday, after a food-testing laboratory advised WinCo on Friday that two samples of hamburger purchased from the store were tainted with E. coli bacteria.

Canada Investing In Emergency Response System For Ontario Pork Industry

Ontario pork producers will be better positioned to maintain viability and profitability when responding to foreign animal disease outbreaks thanks to a new investment aimed at improving the industry’s disease emergency response system.

Meat Prices Rising In Time For Grilling Season

Just in time for the start of grilling season, the already rising prices of meat are expected to jump even higher because of a shortage of market-ready livestock, Peoria meat suppliers said.

U.S. Standards On Beef Are Lax, Inspector General Says

April 14, 2010 Dugald McConnell, CNN

The U.S. government is not fully guarding against the contamination of meat by traces of antibiotics, pesticides or heavy metals, a new report warns.