On 3/17/2012 3:03 PM, PolicySpy wrote:
> PolicySpy wrote:
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>>> Yeah, there is a filler used in ground beef and it's being called Pink
>>> Slime. It's made from pieces of beef that would ordinarily be thrown
>>> away but they heat it, spin off the fat, and treat it for bacteria.
>>> Then the filler is actually a lean product. Of course the problem is
>>> that it's a processed meat product and not a cut.
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> meh wrote:
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>> According to THAT definition, anything you didn't directly cut from
>> an animal and eat raw would be 'processed'
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> PolicySpy writes:
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> Also:
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> Pink Slime (Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings) is made from beef near the
> hide and that's why it needs to be
> treated for bacteria with ammonium hydroxide.
>

Did you notice that very recently, within hours for some, several major
and minor supermarket chains say they will not sell beef containing
"pink slime"? It was not mentioned but the Giant chain is among them.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...sTS_story.html

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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