Two Beef Industry Heavyweights Strike Back at th NY Times

In response to the More Perils of Ground Meat editorial which ran last week in the New York Times, representatives from the National Meat Association and the Cattlemen's National Beef Association answered back with published letters to the editor.

Mandy Carr Johnson, Executive Director of Research at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association wrote:

I’ve been involved in beef safety research since college, and I don’t recognize the industry you’ve depicted in recent articles.

Your readers probably don’t realize how many different individuals — university researchers, lab technicians, quality assurance managers and so many others — work daily to bring safe beef to dinner tables across the country.

Jeremy Russell, Director of Communications and Government Relations for the National Meat Association added:

Instead of encouraging efforts to improve food safety, you demonize a company that had the courage to invest in innovative technology proved to be effective in reducing dangerous pathogens.

You can read both letters via the New York Times page here.