Beef's Raw Edges

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Increasingly, Big Beef runs mega-plants to produce high volumes of meat quickly. The Tyson Fresh Meats facility in Dakota City, Neb., is the largest beef plant in the world, employing some 4,000 workers on 26 acres under one roof.

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The Kansas City Star, in a yearlong investigation, found that the beef industry is increasingly relying on a mechanical process to tenderize meat, exposing Americans to higher risk of E. coli poisoning. The industry then resists labeling such products, leaving consumers in the dark.
The result: Beef in America is plentiful and affordable, spun out in enormous quantities at high speeds, but it's a bonanza with hidden dangers. Industry officials contend beef is safer than it's ever been.

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