Cargill Meat Solutions Beardstown, Illinois. In 2001, Excel purchased Emmpak Foods, a maker of cooked meats, deli meats, frozen hamburger patties and case-ready ground beef. In 2004, the division's name was changed from Excel to Cargill Meat Solutions. In 2005, Cargill brought back the Excel name as a brand for the division's "everyday" meat product line. In July 2015, Cargill announced it was selling its U.S. pork processing business to JBS USA for $1.45 billion. In October 2007, Cargill recalled nearly 845,000 pounds of ground beef after an outbreak of occurred in North Carolina. In October 2002, the Emmpak meat packing plant recalled
Hamburger burger uses ground venison from deer. A "veggie burger", "black bean burger", "garden burger", or "tofu burger" uses a meat analogue, a meat substitute such as tofu, TVP, seitan (wheat gluten), quorn, beans, grains or an assortment of vegetables, ground up and mashed into patties. A steak burger is marketing term for a hamburger claimed to be of superior quality. or, in Australia, a sandwich containing a steak. Steak burgers are first mentioned in the 1920s. Like other hamburgers, they may be prepared with various accompaniments and toppings. Use of the term "steakburger" dates to the 1920s in the United