Mississippi Business Journal » beef processing http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 MSU scientist takes exception to media reports of ‘pink slime’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/09/msu-scientist-takes-exception-to-media-reports-of-pink-slime/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=msu-scientist-takes-exception-to-media-reports-of-pink-slime http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/09/msu-scientist-takes-exception-to-media-reports-of-pink-slime/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:31:28 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=55505 STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University meat scientist is describing recent media reports as irresponsible journalism that casts a shadow over established practices that he contends make certain ground beef products healthier and safer. >> Finely textured beef the fault of the media? MSU researcher cannot be serious … Byron Williams, assistant Extension and research professor [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/09/msu-scientist-takes-exception-to-media-reports-of-pink-slime/feed/ 2 State could soon reach settlement over failed beef plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/09/state-could-soon-reach-settlement-over-failed-beef-plant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-could-soon-reach-settlement-over-failed-beef-plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/09/state-could-soon-reach-settlement-over-failed-beef-plant/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:34:28 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=55482 OAKLAND — Mississippi could soon settle its 2007 lawsuit against the firms that built the financially disastrous beef plant in the Yalobusha County town of Oakland. Jan Schaefer, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Jim Hood, said the state and Georgia’s Facility Group, which was hired to oversee construction of the plant, have reached agreement although [...]

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