Rendering Beef Safe

Beef from the United States: Is It Safe?

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or Mad Cow Disease , has been an issue of intense debate and argument over the past twenty years. The United Kingdom epidemic which peaked in 1993 caused much international concern, resulting in increased regulation of...

How Safe is Our Product – Beef ? Do We Have a Story to Tell?

Beef Species: Beef Management

The objective of this study was to quantify fixed-time AI (TAI) pregnancy rates resulting from reduced intervals between 2 25 mg dinoprost tromethamine (PG) injections on d 5 of a 5-d CIDR-Co-synch estrus synchronization program. Angus and Angus-influenced commercial cows (n = 873) maintained on native pasture at 3 locations were randomly assigned to treatments, blocking for BCS and postpartum ...

Beef Safety Beef Decontamination Technologies

Introduction Beef carcasses, which are initially sterile, become contaminated with bacterial pathogens via transmission of organisms from the exterior of the live animal, and/or from the environment, to the product surface. Extensive contamination, or abusive conditions that allow bacteria to reproduce, increase risk for presence of pathogenic bacteria and formation of toxins in food (Sofos et ...

Is Daycare Tonsillectomy Safe?

Introduction: Tonsillectomy is one of the most common procedures performed by Ear, Nose, and Throat surgeon.  Usually, the procedure is carried out as an inpatient surgery. With the increasing need to reduce healthcare costs, spare precious hospital beds, and shorten elective surgery lists, there is currently a trend towards performing tonsillectomy on a daycare basis.  Materials and Methods: A...