Burger King Corporation Statement on BSE.Business Editors MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2003 Burger King Corporation has rigorous product safety procedures in place for its suppliers to ensure that its meat products cannot be contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. at any stage in the production process. Burger King Corporation uses only whole muscle meat from the forequarters and flanks of cattle in its hamburger products. Scientists have never found Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy bovine spongiform encephalopathy: see prion. (BSE See Bombay Stock Exchange. BSE See Boston Stock Exchange (BSE). ) in muscle meat. Burger King Corporation and its beef patty suppliers in Canada and the U.S. audit beef slaughter operations for compliance with Burger King Corporation's strict standards. Burger King Canada purchases Canadian beef from facilities that are federally inspected and approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (French: Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments), or CFIA, which was created in April 1997, brought together inspection and related services previously provided through the activities of four federal government departments . Likewise, in the U.S., the BURGER KING(R) system purchases only USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. inspected beef. Burger King Corporation consistently requires all of its beef suppliers in Canada and the U.S. to be in strict compliance with the company's highest standards of quality and food safety and to be in full compliance with all government regulations. |
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