Where Did this Steak Come From?

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Where Did this Steak Come From?

May 26, 2011

A Richmond food distributor called Performance Food Group is offering DNA-traceable beef, reports the Associated Press. The test, the AP adds, could identify the various animals used to make ground beef.

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