State inspectors find Listeria; Ruth's recalls pimento spread By News Desk  Ruth's Salads of Charlotte, NC, is recalling refrigerated pimento spread from stores in five states because random product testing by state officials returned positive results for Listeria monocytogenes. "Consumers who have purchased this 7-ounce Ruth's Original Pimento Spread with the Lot #16, Sell By Date 4/30/2017 are urged to return the product to the place... Continue Reading
USDA says beef hearts are now OK in ground beef By News Desk  Just in time for Valentine's Day, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has made it okay to use beef hearts in ground beef. It ends an almost 40-year prohibition on the use of hearts and tongues in ground beef. The policy turnaround has caught the beef industry by surprise, with... Continue Reading
Ranchers look for some traction on country-of-origin labeling By Dan Flynn  As individual actions, they might not mean much. Collectively, they say Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) is not going away anytime soon. Two states known for their cowboys, Wyoming and South Dakota, have seen early introduction of COOL bills in their legislatures, respectively, in Cheyenne and Pierre. Cattlemen headquartered in neighboring Montana have not given up on... Continue Reading
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