This is the origin myth of the food safety system in the United States: The beef industry was a mess, led to awful practices by the profit motives of ...

Before you tuck into your next hamburger, best think about the consequences. We're not just talking about your waist line: research suggests that the ...

Everyone who eats ice cream -- or butter, cheese, yogurt, or any other variety of dairy -- participates in beef production by the inescapable facts of nature.

Inciting grassroots involvement in food system issues is critical -- yet, until the pink slime debacle, consumer uprisings have mostly eluded the movement. Why did this issue create such a powerful consumer reaction?

MINNEAPOLIS -- Exports are big business for the U.S. beef industry, which shipped a record $5.4 billion worth of beef abroad last year. It was the fi...

During the weekend, the meat industry hosted a massive picnic in Iowa (with what else, free burgers) to show its support for Beef Products Inc, maker of the filler. The event was held, fittingly, at the Tyson Events Center.

The beef industry is pushing back hard in the last few days against opposition to Lean Beef Trimmings, better known as "pink slime."

Three fast food giants -- McDonald's, Burger King and Taco Bell -- have discontinued their use of "Pink Slime." But while fast food customers can vote with their dollars, students must passively consume whatever the federal government sees fit to feed them.