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When Taco Bell Tweets
By David Knowles - AOL NewsThese days, thinking "outside the bun" means mastering the art of social network marketing. Just ask Taco Bell, who find itself waging a campaign to restore its image after a class-action lawsuit was filed against the company over claims that the meat filling used in its menu items contains just 36 percent actual ground beef. As Surge Desk reported on Thursday, the company issued a vehement denial of the charge that its meat was less than beefy. Knowing, however, that perception battles in the modern age aren't won without an aggressive social media campaign, Taco Bell has utilized its ...
Taco Bell Bites Back, Says Its Meat Filling is 88 Percent Real Beef
By David Knowles - AOL NewsYou don't want to make a Chihuahua mad. Taco Bell is firing back at reports that something is amiss in the meat that fills its tacos and burritos. In a strongly worded statement, Taco Bell's president, Greg Creed, took aim at a class-action lawsuit being filed against the fast-food giant over how much actual ground beef said filling contains. "Our seasoned beef recipe contains 88% quality USDA-inspected beef and 12% seasonings, spices, water and other ingredients that provide taste, texture and moisture," Creed said in a statement posted on the company's website. "The lawyers got their facts ...
Taco Bell Mystery Meat: Twitter Unleashes
By David Knowles - AOL NewsSink your teeth into this. Fast-food giant Taco Bell finds itself in a bit of a public relations pickle following revelations that the meat it puts in its inexpensive tacos and burritos actually contains just 36 percent actual ground beef. The other 64 percent consists of a combination of water, wheat oats and "isolated oat product." Related Stories Lawsuit Says Taco Bell's 'Ground Beef' Should Really Be Called 'Taco Meat Filling' Those ingredients have not exactly been making Twitter users to want to "run for the border." And as news of a pending lawsuit ...
Lawsuit Says Taco Bell's 'Ground Beef' Should Really Be Called 'Taco Meat Filling'
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsWhere's the beef? A new lawsuit claims that Taco Bell's "ground beef" should really be called "taco meat filling." That's because, the suit claims, there just isn't enough meat in the product to meet the USDA standard to call something "ground beef." Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP A lawsuit alleges that Taco Bell's "ground beef" is just 36 percent meat and should be called "taco meat filling." The law firm behind the suit alleges that Taco Bell's "ground beef" is just 36 percent meat; the rest is "extenders" like water, wheat oats and something called "Isolated Oat Product." You ...
Recall Alert: 1 Million Pounds of Ground Beef
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Aug. 6) -- Hold off on the barbecue plans. A California meat company is recalling 1 million pounds of ground beef patties and bulk ground beef, due to concerns over E. coli. What, exactly, is being recalled? Ground beef produced by the Valley Meat Co. from October 2009 to January 2010. The beef was distributed in California, Texas, Oregon and Arizona and to other countries. Recalled products are numbered "EST. 8268." And take note: the company's frozen "soy patties" are also being recalled. The recalled products have codes between 01210 and 27509. Why is it being recalled? So far, ...
Recall Alert: About 40,000 Lbs of Ground Beef in California, New York
By Mara Gay - Politics DailyThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has recalled nearly 40,000 pounds of ground beef in the past two days. Inspectors fear that 35,000 pounds of beef sent to stores in California and 3,700 pounds of beef in the New York area may be contaminated with E. coli. What exactly is being recalled? It's 35,000 pounds of ground beef from the South Gate Meat Co., a meat distributor in Southern California, and 3,700 pounds of ground beef from Crown I Enterprises Inc. on New York's Long Island. Why? Inspectors found E. coli bacteria in the meat, and the USDA has classified both recalls as Class I ...
Can You Trust Your Burger?
By Domenica Marchetti - Politics DailyWith the exception of the vegetarians among us, most of us love to sink our teeth into a big, juicy, beef burger now and then. Perhaps we are satisfying some primal desire when we do this. Apparently, we may also taking a big gamble with our health. On Sunday, the New York Times ran a front-page, above-the-fold story about a 22-year-old dance instructor named Stephanie Smith who suffered severe E. coli poisoning in 2007 after eating a hamburger that her mother had grilled. According to the story, the food poisoning "ravaged her nervous system and left her paralyzed." It's unlikely that she ...
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