But unlike many past cases, the bug has been traced to a fruit juice, not hamburger meat.

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Mr. BROWN: I don't think that's a federal government responsibility to provide ice to keep my hamburger meat in my freezer or refrigerator fresh.

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Officials on Spain's Canary Islands said they had seized one metric ton of hamburger patties with varying levels of horse meat ranging from 5 percent to 40 percent per patty.

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After an Irish meat-processing company, Silvercrest Foods, was linked with hamburger containing traces of horsemeat, Burger King earlier this month severed its ties.

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At a dinner squeezed in after The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and before Larry King, he orders a hamburger with absolutely nothing on it, a fetish of the unapologetic red-meat eater who doesn't want so much as a sprig of parsley between the bun and the burger.

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The standard-bearer of the hamburger, McDonald's, is bowing to local demand and is opening a meat-free restaurant in India.

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The meat industry was first thrust into the spotlight last month when Irish investigators found horse and pig DNA in hamburger products.

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