I suspect this stuff is perfectly safe and nutritious, however factory processing of massive quantities of food tends to increase the likelihood of a large outbreak of food-borne disease.

My other problem with this product is that it lowers the quality of the beef. Normally ground beef isn’t tough, and yet the stuff from my local Safeway was tough. Now I know why-it included connective tissue. I prefer to buy local grass-fed beef that my local butcher grinds as needed. Yes, it is more expensive, but we just eat a little less meat and it all works out.