Why the Beef?

Buffalo Meat & Jerky USDA Approved

We have had a lot of questions on why we have to add beef to some of our products. The following article from ""Bison World"" magazine Jan/Feb/March 2001, Edition by Del Hensel may help answer some of those questions.

...As many of you know, we have been working for the last 15 years or more to get *nitrites approved for bison (without adding another meat product). We have been waiting on a five year nitrite safety study to be completed, which was to help decide if nitrites were carginogenic or not. That study came back with very good results, and it appears now that nitrites do not cause cancer in mice and rats. Now that the study is complete I feel it is very important for the bison industry to immedieately petition the FDA to allow nitrites in pure 100% buffalo (bison). This might take a considerable amount of time and money, as this needs to be done with a law firm through the legal system.

*a common additive for meat curing