Like most foods, meat is best when it's served fresh. And while no one wants to be wasteful, no one should risk getting sick from tainted or spoiled meat. When that beef, pork or poultry is ground up, ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. The beef is no longer on store shelves, but consumers ...

A public health alert has been issued for select ground beef distributed nationwide to Whole Foods retail locations over concerns of E. coli contamination. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food ...

What Gives Ground Beef Its Color? Ground beef is typically made with various trimmings from a cow, the USDA verifies. The grinding process not only creates a uniform texture, but it also helps blend ...

Find out why some packages look bright red while others appear brownish (and if one color is safer or healthier than the other). When you head to your local butcher or the meat department at the ...