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• v  make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
• s  made tender as by marinating or pounding
  tenderized meat

• Once the meat on my face is totally tenderized, she starts putting her hands on various parts of my body, asking me to breathe into those areas.
• The Guiterman smile is teasingthe smile of a verbal sweetmeat-maker who knows how words can be tenderized, much like prunes, to please the palates of the literarily refined.
• Chemically tenderized meats are now standard in restaurants and on many home dinner tables, but few chefs or housewives realize that the harmless industrial enzymes that make .

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News & Articles

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• USDA To Require Labels For Mechanically Tenderized Meat
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing new requirements for labeling beef products that have been mechanically tenderized, including adding new cooking instructions, so that consumers can safely enjoy these products
  June 14, 2013 - Meat and Poultry Online
• Tender Beef, Without The Pathogens: USDA Proposes Labeling Rules
  The mechanical process the meat industry uses to tenderize tough muscle fibers can also introduce dangerous pathogens into beef cuts. The thinking behind the proposed new labels: If you know your cut of meat has been mechanically tenderized, you'll be inclined to cook it a little longer.
  June 11, 2013 - NPR
• Labels on beef will protect consumers
  After years of lobbying by consumer groups and a detailed exposé of the problem published last year in The Kansas City Star, the federal government finally appears ready to require mandatory labeling requirements for mechanically tenderized beef. That’s a much-needed step, and it shouldn’t have taken this long to get to it.
  June 11, 2013 - The Kansas City Star

Quotes

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• Rick Chiarelli in Ottawa Citizen
  He's been tenderized over the years,said Ottawa city Councillor Rick Chiarelli, a Liberal who has known Baird for 27 years. "He's not nearly as partisan, as strident, as hardcore right wing as he used to be."