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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img title=\"Big Ben -- Fired By Jerky Company\" style=\"float: left;\" alt=\"Big Ben -- Fired By Jerky Company\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/04/13/0413-big-ben-beff-jerkey.jpg\" /&gt;Ben Roethlisberger&lt;/strong&gt; has just lost a major sponsor -- after his beef jerky company decided that the sexual assault investigation left a bad taste in the mouths of the consumers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TMZ spoke with the people behind &lt;strong&gt;Big Ben's Beef Jerky&lt;/strong&gt;, who tell us they've officially cut ties with the &lt;strong&gt;Pittsburgh Steelers&lt;/strong&gt; QB -- which means production has been halted and all remaining product is to be \"destroyed.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The jerky was produced by a company called &lt;strong&gt;PLB Sports&lt;/strong&gt; -- the same group behind &lt;strong&gt;Doug Flutie&lt;/strong&gt;'s famous \"Flutie Flakes\" cereal. According to &lt;strong&gt;Ty Ballou&lt;/strong&gt; -- president of PLB -- the company decided Ben was no Flutie ... and enforced the \"morality clause\" in Ben's contract. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ballou added, \"I hope he can learn from this.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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