Up to 70% of ground beef in the United States contains 'pink slime' a beef by-product which includes fat and other animal trimmings that are not technically meat treated with ammonia. McDonald's has already indicated a willingness to stop using beef treated in this way, and I expect other food service providers to follow. The Apparently a US Department of Agriculture official named JoAnne Smith received kick-backs in the form of a high-paying board position with BPI, the producer of pink slime. The USDA has refused to stop using the product in the the United States' nationwide school lunch program. Bottom line, if meat was not already gross, it now has a great new name to describe it.
Link: http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/03/05/030512-news-pink-slime-1-3/
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