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In 2007, the FDA began exempting Beef Products Inc. from routine testing of meat used in hamburger sold to the general public . The exemption was credit for the companies development of a procedure of preventing E. coli bacteria by injecting the meat with ammonia. They had for eight years been working to sell beef that included fatty trimmings the industry once relegated to pet food and cooking oil. The New York Times reported last week government and industry records show that in testing for the school lunch program, "E. coli and salmonella pathogens have been found dozens of times in Beef Products meat