DeLauro Urges USDA to Label Mechanically Tenderized Beef
Story Date: 4/10/2012

Source:  Helena Bottemiller, FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 4/10/12
 
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) is keeping the pressure on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to label mechanically tenderized beef. Some 50 million pounds of these needle- or blade-tenderized steaks are sold in the United States each month, but they are not labeled even though food safety officials recommend non-intact steaks be cooked to a higher internal temperature to kill bacteria.

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