Five governors and lieutenant governors visited Beef Products Inc. Thursday to tour its facility and see how lean finely textured beef is made.
Governor Terry Brandstad, Iowa, Governor Rick Perry, Texas, Governor Sam Brownback, Kansas, Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy, Nebraska, and Lt. Governor Matt Michels, South Dakota, participated in the tour along with U.S. Under Secretary of Food Safety Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, several of the states' Secretaries of Agriculture, a meat scientist, and reporters from print and broadcast news organizations.