Indonesia became the first country to suspend exports of U.S. beef after the discovery of a BSE-infected cow in California earlier this week.

The U.S. government has confirmed the first case of mad cow disease in six years, but is stressing that there is no threat to human health and no danger of the meat entering the food chain.

Meat demand stays high despite downward consumption trend.

Recent history has shown that whenever the meat industry gets into the headlines, little good can come from it. The most recent example has been the “pink slime” nonsense that has turned a perfectly usable and good product into a taboo item.

Beef Products Inc said it agrees with a Department of Agriculture ruling that packing companies can label the product as such on labels for ground beef that contains it.

AFA Foods, a ground beef processor headquartered in King of Prussia, Pa., has sought bankruptcy court protection with a plan to sell some assets.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, the unthinkable has happened — or maybe not so unthinkable, if you’re a particularly cynical person. Activists and the misguided, misinformed public have won a battle that they had no business winning.

Safeway says in a statement “considerable consumer concern” led to its decision even though the chain believes its beef with the controversial filler in it is safe.

Beef Products Inc. founder Eldon Roth has issued a statement in the wake of the recent controversy over the company's boneless lean beef trimmings product, dubbed by some as “pink slime.”