Pink slime. It made headlines in 2012 and now it’s back—the centerpiece of a $5.7-billion defamation lawsuit pitting ABC News against the beef industry.
The formal name used by the industry for pink slime is “lean, finely textured beef,” but as ABC News reported in 2012, the substance that’s found in about 70% of US beef was actually comprised of “beef trimmings that were once used only in dog food and cooking oil, now sprayed with ammonia to make them safe to eat, and then added to most beef as a cheaper filler.” The reports were based on two whistleblowers who had served as US Department of Agriculture meat inspectors.
In a trial that begins today (June 5) in Elk Point, South Dakota, Beef Products Inc. will make the case that reporting errors and omissions in a series of reports by ABC News on so-called ‘pink slime’ created a panic that resulted in the company having to close three of its four processing plants, and sparked a revenue drop of more than 80%. . .
Source: Abc-news-and-the-beef-industry-are-fighting-in-court-over-pink-slime-in-food/
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It’s really quite disgusting.
Leslie
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Fake food at its finest, Leslie. Thanks for commenting.
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They would use this in organic beef would they?
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Actually the problem I have is with products labelled organic is that often they aren’t really organic.
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I know, and that is worrisome too.
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It’s too bad that Beef Products Inc. didn’t go completely out of business, for that would’ve been justice.
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Too true, Robert. What I find really scandalous is the federal legislation that makes these lawsuits possible.
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on the upside, it helped me give up red meat for all time.
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Good for you, Rexis. I was never that fond of beef to begin with and found it easy to give up when the mad cow scare happened in the 90s. I only eat meat now when I can get it from a local organic farmer. Otherwise I go out.
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Well, for what it’s worth, I still enjoy a piece of beef now and then… pork, and chicken as well.
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Kenneth, I guess it all depends on where it comes from and what’s in it, doesn’t it?
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