February 5, 2002

Kenosha Beef International signs up for food irradiation

by Bryan Salvage

Kenosha Beef International, one of the nation's oldest and largest suppliers of ground beef to the quick service restaurant segment of the industry, reported that it has joined the growing list of food processors testing and/or utilizing commercially food irradiation.

Surebeam Corp. is the technology provider.

“For more than six decades, Kenosha Beef has been a leader providing quality beef for the QSR industry,” said Dennis D. Vignieri, Kenosha Beef president and CEO. “We are committed to providing our customers with the choice of using the latest technological innovations to help ensure safer, better tasting, and highest quality ground beef products on the market.”

Founded in 1936, Kenosha Beef through its Birchwood Foods divisions provide a vast diversity of branded and private-label ground beef products to both the retail and QSR segments of the industry. Birchwood is an industry leader in the raw material testing for E. coli O157:H7.

This article reprinted with permission from Meat Marketing and Technology Magazine.

Return to 2002 News Archives