HY VEE FOOD STORES SAY THEY WILL NO LONGER CARRY GROUND BEEF PRODUCTS CONTAINING LEAN FINELY TEXTURED BEEF.
A STATEMENT FROM THE COMPANY SAYS ALTHOUGH THE GROUND BEEF MEETS ALL U-S-D-A STANDARDS FOR QUALITY AND SAFETY, RECENT NEWS STORIES HAVE LED TO A LOSS OF CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN THE PRODUCT.
HY VEE SAYS THEY HAVE NOTIFED THEIR SUPPLIERS, WHICH INCLUDES B-P-I OF THE DECISION, AND IS SWITCHING THEIR PRODUCT LINE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
IT'S THE LATEST BLOW TO DAKOTA DUNES BASED B-P-I, WHICH HAS SEEN SEVERAL GROCERY CHAINS DROP THEIR PRODUCT OVER NATIONAL MEDIA REPORTS CALLING THEIR BEEF "PINK SLIME"
B-P-I SPOKESMAN RICH JOCHUM SAYS THE COMPANY IS FIGHTING BACK BY TRYING TO EDUCATE CONSUMERS ON HOW SAFE THEIR PRODUCT IS:
MIKE HESSE OF BPI SAYS THE NATIONAL MEDIA HYSTERIA WILL ACTUALLY LEAD TO GROUND BEEF BECOMING LESS HEALTHY TO EAT AND MORE COSTLY TO BUY:
KEVIN CONCANNON, UNDERSECRETARY WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, SAYS LEAN FINELY TEXTURED BEEF HAS SAFELY BEEN IN THE U.S. FOOD SUPPLY SINCE THE EARLY 1990'S.
LOCALLY, AMMONIA HAS BEEN USED IN MAKING BEEF SAFE TO EAT SINCE THE 1960'S, WHEN IBP FIRST STARTED INJECTING AMMONIA INTO BOXED BEEF.
BPI HAS A PAIR OF WEBSITES SET UP TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON LEAN FINELY TEXTURED BEEF. THEY ARE BEEF IS BEEF -DOT-COM AND PINK SLIME IS A MYTH-DOT-COM
SIOUX CITY POLICE WILL HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER BEFORE RECEIVING 36 NEW COMPUTERS FOR THEIR PATROL CARS.
CHIEF DOUG YOUNG SAYS ROCKWELL COLLINS, WHO WAS AWARDED THE 468-THOUSAND DOLLAR CONTRACT, IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE SYSTEMS.
MONDAY, THE CHIEF WILL ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO RESCIND THE PURCHASE AND ORDER DIFFERENT COMPUTERS FROM ANOTHER COMPANY:
CHIEF YOUNG SAYS THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO APPLYING FOR AN ANNUAL GRANT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S TRAFFIC SAFETY BUREAU:
THE CHIEF ALSO SAYS THAT JEREMY MCCLURE HAS COMPLETED HIS DUTIES AS THE CITY'S CRIME PREVENTION OFFICER AND WILL START A NEW ASSIGNMENT NEXT WEEK. RYAN BERTRAND WILL SERVE AS CRIME PREVENTION OFFICER STARTING MONDAY.
