Items Tagged with 'lean finely textured beef (LFTB)'

After a multi-month evaluation, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has ruled that LFTB meets the regulatory definition of ground beef under the law in 9 CFR 319.15(a) and thus may be labeled as ground beef.

Beef Products Inc. (BPI) finds itself providing a much-needed product to the beef supply chain.

A S.D. judge is scheduled to hear oral arguments on whether BPI's $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit against ABC News should proceed.

For the new school year, schools in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Texas are once again buying the product.

Bruce Smith was one of the 750 people laid off by BPI when the company shut down three of its four processing plants that made lean finely textured beef.