Special Reports
Meat labeling advances in Canada, stalls in US
Canadian food safety officials have outpaced their U.S. counterparts in requiring meat companies to label meat that is potentially hazardous to consumers. It’s called mechanically tenderized beef, and it has caused illnesses in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere. And in most cases, consumers, restaurants and grocery stores had no idea they were buying it, because…
‘Chicken rule’ reaction
A Sept. 6 investigation of the USDA’s meat inspection division by the Hale Center for Journalism prompted a record number of hits on the station’s website, a political cartoon and editorial in The Kansas City Star and numerous comments and tweets. [View the story “Commentary on meat inspection story from the Hale Center for Journalism” on…
How the USDA’s new ‘chicken rule’ could change what you eat, and how it’s inspected
In one of the most far reaching changes in U.S. meat inspection history, federal regulators this fall will allow poultry plant employees — instead of USDA inspectors — to help determine whether chicken is contaminated or safe to eat, a move critics fear could spread to beef and pork processing plants. Indeed, a severe shortage…
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