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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBig Food and their political sockpuppets encourage Americans to eat Pink Slime
OMAHA, Neb. The main producer of "pink slime" and the politicians defending the company will have a hard time persuading consumers and grocery stores to accept the product, even if the processed beef trimmings are as safe as the industry insists.
Three governors and two lieutenant governors plan to tour Beef Products Inc.'s plant in South Sioux City, Neb., Thursday afternoon to show their support for the company and the several thousand jobs it creates in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota and Texas.
Beef Products, the main producer of the cheap lean beef made from fatty bits of meat left over from other cuts, has drawn extra scrutiny because of concerns about the ammonium hydroxide it treats meat with to slightly change the acidity of the beef and kill bacteria. The company suspended operations at plants in Texas, Kansas and Iowa this week, affecting 650 jobs, but it defends its product as safe.
While the official name is lean finely textured beef, critics dub it "pink slime" and say it's an unappetizing example of industrialized food production. That term was coined by a federal microbiologist who was grossed out by it, but the product meets federal food safety standards and has been used for years. ..................(more)
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Big Food and their political sockpuppets encourage Americans to eat Pink Slime (Original Post)
marmar
Mar 2012
OP
The Iowa alliance of DLC Tommy Vilsack and Repuke Gov. Terry Branstad essentially came out
bullwinkle428
Mar 2012
#2
Possumpoint
(992 posts)1. I And My Family Won't Eat It!
If need be we'll resort to grinding our own hambuger.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)2. The Iowa alliance of DLC Tommy Vilsack and Repuke Gov. Terry Branstad essentially came out
with the "You'll eat your pink slime and you'll LIKE IT!!" blast yesterday.
BOUGHT. AND. PAID. FOR.
pansypoo53219
(20,978 posts)3. i gave up on supermarket meat in the 80's i think.
i think we used butchers thru my childhood as well. i also stopped eating national chain burgers decades ago. i think culvers is OK. but i rarely do anything but fries.