Meat & Poultry

Beef containing harmful pesticides, veterinary antibiotics and heavy metals is being sold to the public because federal agencies have failed to set limits for the contaminants or adequately test for them, a federal audit finds. …

A Johnstown, CO specialty foods company is a defendant in lawsuits concerning the purchase of cattle and bison meat and default of a $1 million loan. Pioneer Specialty Foods LLC, owned by Clair and Cathy Hull, is being sued by two ranchers in South Dakota; a Sidney, Neb., company involved in the sale and delivery of meats; and the First National Bank of Johnstown, which, according to information filed with the Weld County District Court, has not received any payments on a $1 million loan it gave Pioneer in January 2007. …

Bob Montross, 63, has been involved in other agricultural organizations. But he is especially active in promoting Beef Bucks Inc., a nonprofit group that sells prepaid debit cards and checks intended for recipients to spend on beef or beef meals. …

Whether raised on pastures or feedlots (industrialized farms), cows intended for beef products start on grass diets. The difference is that grass-fed cows remain on that diet for life, while cows on feedlots are transitioned to a diet which includes grains like corn and with additives like antibiotics and growth hormones. …

WinCo Foods announced today that it is issuing a voluntary Class I recall on all ground beef products sold at its Modesto, California store between the dates of Saturday, April 3, 2010 and Friday, April 9, 2010. The store is located at 2200 Plaza Parkway in Modesto. At this point the recall pertains only to the Modesto, California store. …