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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and Texas Gov. Rick Perry
They are touring this plant because the “whistleblower” and his friends at ABC are putting the company out of business.
This is perfectly good beef. It’s all hype. If anyone thinks that the beef they get in a roll for 1.29 a pound is USDA prime, they are naive.
Then label it as such as call it even. Ground beef is um, beef which has been ground. This is a slurry that is made from trimmings, is contaminated with E Coli, and is treated to remove the contamination.
E Coli comes from the lower intestines of animals. That is disgusting and nasty. I have slaughtered animals and this is what farmers and hunters go to great efforts to avoid at all costs.