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In other news, the 'pink slime' scare may shortly be coming to an end. Thanks to widespread activism, one of the top producers of 'pink slime' shut down production in 3 out of 4 plants for 60 days - according to one executive, it may soon become a permanent shutdown.
It is horrible they even allowed it to be put in fast food to begin with.
The study comes on the heels of the headline-grabbing "pink slime" frenzy, in which thousands of critics were infuriated by the addition of the low-cost, ammonia-treated beef filler that comes from leftover cuts of meat. It's unclear how much ground beef in the United States contains the ingredient, but some estimate it is as high as 70 percent.
Bettina Siegel, a Houston resident whose blog, The Lunch Tray, concentrates on children's foods, decided to do something about the gag-worthy "pink slime." After learning that the USDA was about to purchase 7 million pounds of the slime for use in school lunches, she spearheaded a petition on Change.org that asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to "put an immediate end to the use of 'pink slime' in our children's school food."
Even though some like Taco Bell have stopped serving pink slime tacos/burgers, schools still serve it up to kids.
In other news, the 'pink slime' scare may shortly be coming to an end. Thanks to widespread activism, one of the top producers of 'pink slime' shut down production in 3 out of 4 plants for 60 days - according to one executive, it may soon become a permanent shutdown.
It is horrible they even allowed it to be put in fast food to begin with.
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Do not get your hopes up. Three Governors and two Lieutenant Governors took a tour of Beef Products Inc. in Nebraska today, to demonstrate their support for the product and the jobs it creates.
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"It's beef, but it's leaner beef, which is better for you," Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad said after watching a presentation of how the textured beef product is made and taking a walking tour of the plant.
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The politicians who toured the plant — Branstad, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy and South Dakota Lt. Gov. Matt Michels — all agree with the industry view that pink slime has been unfairly maligned and mislabeled and issued a joint statement earlier saying the product is safe.
Good to know they support a product that is cancer causing to be served to school children. "Contaminated cow" is not acceptable to anyone aware of the health issues.
"If you get enough credible, high-level people maybe you can start a campaign," she said. "People in the industry, academics, former FDA officials. … I think you will slowly perhaps get a viral campaign out there that will get it back into the good graces of the consuming public." [1]
I don't know about you, but to me 100% beef means something wholesome, and 15% filler which for safety concerns must be treated with ammonium hydroxide.
BPI, Inc. and the beef industry think otherwise, with the feeling that with the appropriate PR campaign they can convince you to eat (or at least ignore) what someone with the USDA in an internal email termed 'pink slime.'
I'll stick with that term, both for the product, and those having defrauded the American public—and intent on having you eat all the more of it.
Good to know they support a product that is cancer causing to be served to school children. "Contaminated cow" is not acceptable to anyone aware of the health issues.
It's astounding what people can get away with; so glad you've made such an informative thread! The only ground meat that I buy is bison; it's very lean and tastes great. Still, I'd rather go without meat if possible. It's just such a good source of protein.
Good to know they support a product that is cancer causing to be served to school children. "Contaminated cow" is not acceptable to anyone aware of the health issues.
C'mon, it's not contaminated; they spray it with ammonia for that.
"If you get enough credible, high-level people maybe you can start a campaign," she said. "People in the industry, academics, former FDA officials. … I think you will slowly perhaps get a viral campaign out there that will get it back into the good graces of the consuming public." [1]
I don't know about you, but to me 100% beef means something wholesome, and 15% filler which for safety concerns must be treated with ammonium hydroxide.
BPI, Inc. and the beef industry think otherwise, with the feeling that with the appropriate PR campaign they can convince you to eat (or at least ignore) what someone with the USDA in an internal email termed 'pink slime.'
I'll stick with that term, both for the product, and those having defrauded the American public—and intent on having you eat all the more of it.
And how about this! Pink Slime For School Lunch: Government Buying 7 Million Pounds Of Ammonia-Treated Meat For Meals!!!!
Pink slime -- that ammonia-treated meat in a bright Pepto-bismol shade -- may have been rejected by fast food joints like McDonald's, Taco Bell and Burger King, but is being brought in by the tons for the nation's school lunch program.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is purchasing 7 million pounds of the "slime" for school lunches, The Daily reports. Officially termed "Lean Beef Trimmings," the product is a ground-up combination of beef scraps, cow connective tissues and other beef trimmings that are treated with ammonium hydroxide to kill pathogens like salmonella and E. coli. It's then blended into traditional meat products like ground beef and hamburger patties. Pink Slime For School Lunch: Government Buying 7 Million Pounds Of Ammonia-Treated Meat For Meals
After reading this and a factory worker who quit in disgust after seeing what they are putting in ground beef:
Pink slime,” a cheap meat filler, is in 70 percent of the ground beef sold at supermarkets and up to 25 percent of each American hamburger patty, by some estimates.
“It kind of looks like play dough,” said Kit Foshee, who was a corporate quality assurance manager at Beef Products Inc., the company that makes pink slime. “It’s pink and frozen, it’s not what the typical person would consider meat.”
As seen in the movie Food Inc., the low-grade trimmings come from the most contaminated parts of the cow and were once only used in dog food and cooking oil. But because of BPI’s treatment of the trimmings — simmering them in low heat, separating fat and tissue using a centrifuge and spraying them with ammonia gas to kill germs — the United States Department of Agriculture says it’s safe to eat.
they say.. because its leaner..its better.....who knows
I've always said cut the fat, you cut the flavor.....oh well
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The 'pink slime' campaign
