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Jul 19, 2019
The summer is fast approaching, when packing up for a summer picnic don’t forget food safety. About 1 in 6 people in the US will become sick from something they ate this year, and a few safety tips can help keep you and your family from being part of that statistic.
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Sep 07, 2017
The bacon craze took the world by storm. Almost overnight bacon went from being a breakfast food and topping to a hamburger to an ice cream ingredient, flavor of lip balm and a star in hundreds of different products.
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Aug 16, 2017
Chicken nuggets are in fact usually made of the same meat that you see in the supermarket, that is, broiler meat.
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Jun 12, 2017
When people hear about cured meats, they commonly have concerns about a specific ingredient used in them called nitrite. Nitrites have several beneficial uses in cured meats and are a key ingredient to giving cured meats their identity, including their pink color and savory flavor.
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Apr 12, 2017
Nitrites give cured meats, like ham and bacon, the distinct color, aroma and flavor we love. Nitrite is also an antioxidant and has antimicrobial properties.
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Apr 12, 2017
Every time an animal is slaughtered in the United States it goes through the process of inspection. The biggest reason inspection of meat is required is to make sure that consumers are receiving a safe, wholesome product. This is why inspectors are placed throughout the plant to ensure they are meeting sanitation requirements.
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Jan 24, 2017
You may not realize how many beef byproducts you are using in your everyday life. When cattle are slaughtered, most all of the animal is used in one way or another. Many people are surprised to find that many of the products they use every day actually come from cattle.
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Aug 02, 2016
Reducing sodium in processed meats is a difficult process because the important roles sodium plays in processed meats.
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May 13, 2016
Consumers are often apprehensive to consume processed meats because of the nitrite levels in the product. In fact, nitrites are added to processed meats as a safety measure to prevent botulism, a deadly disease that is caused by the growth of Clostridium botulinum.
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May 10, 2016
The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 made inspection mandatory for all meat that crossed state lines. The Wholesome Meat Act of 1967 required the inspection of meat sold within a state meet inspection requirements at least as stringent of those of the federal system.
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Mar 01, 2016
The process of smoking meat is an ancient food preservation technique. Throughout history, smoking has been used to add flavor as well as preserve meat.
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Feb 12, 2016
All retail meat or poultry product labels must have 5 features, but can be required to have other facts and statements displayed depending on the type of product.
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Feb 10, 2016
The results of this study may provide insight into how to better utilize lunch meats in the diets of
U.S. children and adults.
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Jan 29, 2016
The practice of curing meats for human consumption has been around for thousands of years. The first cured meats are thought to have originated from meats salted using unrefined salt that naturally contained small amounts of nitrate.
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Dec 16, 2015
Some processed meat is made with seasoned fresh meat and is not further treated: others are cured, smoked and/ or cooked. These methods affect both the flavor and keeping quality, Usually, more than one processing method is used to produce a single product.
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Nov 17, 2015
The USDA has defined Standards of Identity for processed meats, and the standard of identity of some products, including frankfurters, ham, and bacon, states that they are cured.
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Nov 17, 2015
IARC, the International Agency for Research on Cancer headquartered in Lyon, France, operates as part of the World Health Organization.
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Oct 21, 2015
Processed meat is taking a fresh meat product and altering it in some way. It can be as simple as adding a marinade to a chicken breast or cooking a ham. Processing meat or preparation steps can chance the appearance, taste or texture of the product.
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Jul 24, 2015
Sausage making has been used for hundreds of years to preserve meat.
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Jul 24, 2015
The ingredients added to processed meat are there to: enhance shelf life, perform specific functions related to the processing techniques and give the product a distinctive flavor and appearance.
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