It applies to both raw and cooked ground beef. Though the scent of fresh ground beef is barely perceptible, rancid meat has a tangy, putrid odor. Once it goes bad, it’s no longer safe to eat.

A sweet aroma is certainly not the only odor that signals when beef has spoiled. If your raw beef smells rancid, sour, metallic, or has any other foul smell, then it's time to toss it out.

In essence, bits of soft blue plastic that shouldn’t have been in your dinner made it into supermarket packs. While shoppers were given unusual dinner delays and extra trips to the return counter, ...

As USA TODAY previously reported in early May, Cargill Meat Solutions recalled over 16,000 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli. The products were produced on ...

The raw ground beef packages may be contaminated with clear, thin pliable plastic, the release states. The recalled products were packaged in Chicago, Illinois at Amity Packing Company Inc. on Jan ...

The recall covers raw ground beef produced at Walmart on April 26-27, 2024. Their package labels are as follows: 2.25-lb plastic-wrapped trays containing "93% LEAN 7% FAT ALL NATURAL LEAN GROUND BEEF" ...

The recall covers raw ground beef produced at Walmart on April 26-27, 2024. Their package labels are as follows: 2.25-lb plastic-wrapped trays containing "93% LEAN 7% FAT ALL NATURAL LEAN GROUND BEEF" ...

The recall covers raw ground beef produced at Walmart on April 26-27, 2024. Their package labels are as follows: 2.25-lb plastic-wrapped trays containing "93% LEAN 7% FAT ALL NATURAL LEAN GROUND BEEF" ...