date:Feb 18, 2013
cause the products mechanically tenderized. Health officials announced an investigation into the practice and whether consumers should be advised to cook their steaks longer.
In the US, a coalition of consumer and public health groups wrote a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging him to approve a proposal to label mechanically tenderized beef products on concerns such products present a higher risk of foodborne pathogen contamination.
The United States Department of Agriculture -