The beef industry has identified ways to build beef meal occasions and sales though the development of Convenient Meal Solutions and Home Meal Replacement. Industry leaders are also partnering with foodservice outlets to increase beef offerings though promotion and new product developments. Task Force report. In this country there is no risk at all. On smoked foods, Pariza says in the United States the levels of carcinogens associated with common smoking methods are insignificant.
Nitrites are a similar story.
In the last 20 years, the food processing industry has significantly decreased the levels of nitrites in modern nitrite-cured meats. To mark the centennial of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, the National Cattlemen's Foundation has commissioned a collector's book chronicling 100 years of the beef industry. The resulting book, Building the Beef Industry, A Century of Commitment, is an in-depth look at the last century of the people, places, politics and policies that have built this unique American tradition and lifestyle. The book is indeed a contribution, according to Elmer Kelton, one of the best-loved and most widely read writers of the West. It traces the fortunes of cattlemen though the many market cycles, the occasional boom times and the periodic busts that always seem to last much longer than the booms.