Gov’t Cheese, Canned Beef, and the Stigma of Poverty Return. By Mo Barnes Feb 16, 2018; ... Only that somewhere a government worker will now decide what 16 million American families will eat.

Canned corned beef plants use a similar, but not identical process. There, raw beef is cut, cubed, ... By 1944, the U.S. government was purchasing 90% of the company's products to feed troops.

WASHINGTON — More than 250,000 pounds of canned beef stew are being recalled over reports that the cans may contain pieces of wood in them. The recall, for 256,000 lbs. of "Dinty Moore" beef ...