For instance, Whole Foods and Meijer claim that they don't sell any mechanically tenderized beef. And a spokesperson for Omaha Steaks told us the company does not mechanically tenderize its steaks ...

coli outbreak in 16 states has focused new attention on an industrial method used to tenderize tough beef and pork. Oklahoma-based National Steak and Poultry recalled boneless steaks, bacon ...

The price is generally cheaper than other retailers, though still more expensive than many other cuts of beef. The one hitch in the giddy up is that these steaks are also blade tenderized ...

So if you like your steak pink on the inside, you could still be all right. But when meat is “mechanically tenderized,” those pathogens may be transported from the surface of the flesh to deep inside ...

A mechanically tenderized steak needs to be cooked more thoroughly for sure." Starting next year, the USDA will require labels similar to these on all beef that has been mechanically tenderized.