Rio Tex Wholesale Meats, a Texas establishment, issued a recall of approximately 58,180 pounds of ready-to-eat beef products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm), according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

Tennessee-based Campos Foods, LLC issued a recall for approximately 136,950 pounds of beef products because of misbranding and undeclared allergens, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

In its latest entry in the Meat MythCrusher video series, the North American Meat Institute addresses bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly referred to as mad cow disease, as a major concern for beef producers around the world.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says the Alberta cow that tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, was born two years after the country instituted tougher bans on animal feed to prevent the disease.

The US will resume beef imports with Ireland according to Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney.

Texas establishment Same Kane Beef Processors issued a recall for approximately 90,987 pounds of ground beef products after multiple complaints surfaced regarding pieces of metal in the meat.

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) launched new expedited tracing procedures that will allow the agency to trace contaminated ground beef back to its source more quickly, remove it from commerce and find the root cause of the incident.

A Garden City, Kansas meat processing plant owned by Beef Products Inc. (BPI) will begin to collect beef trimmings next week and resume operations after controversy surrounding the company’s lean, finely textured beef product forced the facility to close in 2012.

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) proposed a rule this week requiring all official establishments and retail stores that grind raw beef for sale to maintain records tracing the source of meats used.