beef

The cynic in me is beginning to wonder if there are any foods that taste good that don't cause cancer. Studies like this are the reason. University experts have connected dozens of food that Missourians love to the big and bad "C word".

None of the bad beef was sent to Iowa or Illinois.

Over the past month or so we've seen food product recalls of salads, pet foods, and muffins, all for different reasons. Two had a problem with Salmonella, another involved the potential for listeria. Now comes another recall, and this time it's beef.

Several frozen beef products produced in Canada and sold in Illinois (among other states), is being pulled due to a risk of E. coli contamination.

Following a lawsuit from a couple of years ago, Taco Bell placed full-page ads in newspapers defending the meat in its tacos and other products. But in the process the company revealed that its beef is 88 percent beef. Many wondered, "What's in the other 12 percent...