date:May 19, 2015
eputy under-secretary for food safety at USDA Al Almanza said: Labeling mechanically tenderised beef products and including cooking instructions on the package are important steps in helping consumers to safely prepare these products.
This common sense change will lead to safer meals and fewer foodborne illnesses.
Mechanised tenderisation of beef that involves piercing the meat with needles or small blades to break up tissue can introduce pathogens from the surface of the cut to the interior, ma