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Will Pharma Experience It's Own "Pink Slime" Social Media Crisis?
No doubt you have heard about "pink slime," the beef additive made from leftover trimmings. According to an article in today's Wall Street Journal (here ), "the additive, which has long been used as a cheap filler in hamburger meat without anyone knowing or caring, has become the latest example of a product to fall prey to a social-media feeding frenzy after celebrity chef Jamie Oliver detailed how it is made in a TV special.
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'Pink Slime' Ground Beef Company Files For Bankruptcy
Ground beef processor AFA Foods filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, citing the impact of the uproar over a meat filler dubbed "pink slime" by critics. Meat processors have faced a backlash over the use of an ammonia-treated b... Read Post
Pink Slime Wire: 'Pink Slime' Producer Runs a Full Page Ad in the WSJ
The "pink slime" saga continues: The beef product, a low-cost ammonia-treated filler aka "Lean Finely Trimmed Beef" that ends up in ground beef and hamburger patties, is having a tough time time these days. After an online petition ... Read Post
70% of all Ground Beef Contains "Pink Slime" ... and USDA Bought 7 Million Pounds of the Stuff for School Lunches
By Washington’s Blog ABC news notes: “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. video platformvideo managemen... Read Post