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Suzie's Tips ... Delicious Food and Keeping it Safe |
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Suzie's Tips ... Delicious Food and Keeping it Safe |
What About Commercial Jerky ? Is It Safe ?The process is monitored in federally inspected plants by inspectors of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. Products may be cured or uncured, dried, and may be smoked or unsmoked, air or oven dried. The following terms may be on processed jerky products: "Beef Jerky" – produced from a single piece of beef. "Beef Jerky Chunked and Formed" – produced from chunks of meat that are molded and formed, then cut into strips. "Beef Jerky Ground and Formed or Chopped and Formed" – produced from ground or chopped meat, molded and cut into strips. Beef Jerky containing binders or extenders must show true product name (e.g., "Beef and Soy Protein Concentrate Jerky, Ground and Formed"). "Species (or Kind) Jerky Sausage" – the product has been chopped and may be dried at any stage of the process, and it is stuffed into casings. Makes Me hungry. Thanks for all of the emails. Keep 'em coming. See you tomorrow. Suzie Delicious Food Blog Posted: Saturday 15th January 2005, 12:24 AM |