SureBeam's new Iowa plant stands ready to deliver a final pathogen kill step for commercially sold beef.
The wager represents Titan's investment in SureBeam Inc.'s Sioux City, Ia., irradiation plant, the nation's first dedicated facility to use electron beams to pasteurize meat and other foods. The first e-beam irradiated beef hit stores in May when Chandler, Minn.-based Huisken Meats debuted pasteurized patties in Minneapolis-St. Paul supermarkets. By summer, IBP Inc. was conducting market tests of similarly treated beef.