[QUOTE]ABC News has the learned that on Thursday the U.S. Department of Agriculture will announce that starting this fall, schools will be able to choose whether or not they buy hamburger that contains lean finely textured beef known as " pink slime."
The announcement comes one week after ABC News reported on the beef filler commonly known as "pink slime," which is found in 70 percent of the ground beef sold at supermarkets.
"It kind of looks like play dough," said Kit Foshee, who, until 2001, was a corporate quality assurance manager at Beef Products Inc., the company that makes "pink slime." "It's pink and frozen, it's not what the typical person would consider meat."
Foshee said that he was fired by BPI after complaining about the process used to make the filler, and the company's claims about it. Since then, he has spoken out against the product.
J. Patrick Boyle, president of the American Meat Institute, defended the practice as a way to safely use what otherwise would be wasted.
"BLBT (Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings) is a sustainable product because it recovers lean meat that would otherwise be wasted," he said in a statement.
However, the substance, critics said, is more like gelatin than meat, and before BPI found a way to use it by disinfecting the trimmings with ammonia, it was sold only to dog food or cooking oil suppliers.
But Boyle said, "The beef trimmings that are used to make BLBT are absolutely edible" and Janet Riley, senior vice president of public affairs for AMI, said there was no reason to label beef that contains "pink slime."
"What are you asking me to put on the label, its beef, it's on the label, it's a beef product, it's says beef so we are declaring … it's beef," she said.
The low-grade trimmings come from the parts of the cow most susceptible to contamination, often close to the hide, which is highly exposed to fecal matter. But because the treatment of the trimmings - simmering them in low heat, separating fat and tissue using a centrifuge and spraying them with ammonia gas to kill germs - the United States Department of Agriculture says it's safe to eat.
ABC News traveled across the country to the meat section of grocery stores to see if it's in the ground beef they sell. At most stores it was impossible to tell for sure whether the beef contained the filler. At one store there was no way to tell from the labels, and the butchers did not know the answer.
There is only one way to know for certain that "pink slime" is not in your beef: If your meat is stamped USDA Organic, it's pure meat with no filler.
Otherwise, you can't know from the packaging because "pink slime" does not have to appear on the label. And the USDA is giving no indication it will force meat packers to lift the veil of secrecy any time soon.[/QUOTE]
SOURCE: [url=http://news.yahoo.com/pink-slime-choice-schools-230530972--abc-news.html]ABC News[/url]
I would imagine that eating this sort of thing could make kids sick, or increase the obesity problem since it's not real meat and it will have that artificial taste that kids can't get enough of these days.
[QUOTE=UberMunchkin;35150063]The usual school dinners again? :v:
[sp]We have real food in the UK, or my school does[/sp][/QUOTE]
That's because we are forced to by the government, when I was in year 7 it was hamburgers and pizza every day until they changed it
[QUOTE=matt.ant;35150092]That's because we are forced to by the government, when I was in year 7 it was hamburgers and pizza every day until they changed it[/QUOTE]I miss my old school. In my childhood they had pizza, burgers, hot dogs, baked potatoes, french fries, tator tots, salads. Quite a wide variety actually.
Frozen food on heat lamps, every day.
[QUOTE=Dogchow33;35150031]
I would imagine that eating this sort of thing could make kids sick, or increase the obesity problem since it's not real meat and it will have that artificial taste that kids can't get enough of these days.[/QUOTE]
No you're wrong, it doesn't make anyone sick, it doesn't make anyone any more fat than real meat.
[QUOTE=The golden;35150355]Got some sources to back up that statement?
You don't just point at people and say: "No you're wrong!"[/QUOTE]
Do you really expect that I have sources under my armpit that I can just pull out when needed? If you're interested in the topic go source yourself.
[QUOTE=Dogchow33;35150031]
I would imagine that eating this sort of thing could make kids sick, or increase the obesity problem since it's not real meat and it will have that artificial taste that kids can't get enough of these days.[/QUOTE]
read this thread to see why you're wrong: [url]http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3471581[/url]
there is literally nothing bad about "pink slime" and if you think otherwise [after thoroughly reading that thread] you're probably an idiot
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getting rid of pink slime will fuck over poor people and lead to more cow slaughter than is necessary
[QUOTE=Solo Wing;35150103]I miss my old school. In my childhood they had pizza, burgers, hot dogs, baked potatoes, french fries, tator tots, salads. Quite a wide variety actually.[/QUOTE]
I miss the spaghetti at my school. Every school seems to make their spaghetti sauce pretty much the same way but damn was it tasty.
So meaty.
Pretty thankful I packed a bag lunch every day
[QUOTE=UberMunchkin;35150063]The usual school dinners again? :v:
[sp]We have real food in the UK, or my school does[/sp][/QUOTE]
I wish that Jamie Oliver had power here.
I never got what people were trying to achieve when showing pictures of the stuff. I mean, is there some animal I've not been made aware of that doesn't look like big heap of messy pink stuff on the inside?
And I'll still eat it. Not like any of the kids give a shit, as long as it tastes good.
What's wrong with it? Your not wasting any bit of the animal carcass which is still edible.
this is why i go home for lunch and the prices are horrible
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;35150584]What's wrong with it? Your not wasting any bit of the animal carcass which is still edible.[/QUOTE]Cause it's gross and disgusting and looks like paste, baaw.
I've heard reports that the stuff is likely safer than the regular ground beef it is added to as a result of the ammonia treatment altering the PH to kill off pretty much any possibility of e coli contamination.
As such I am hard pressed to condemn the usage of it in meat products as it decreases the amount of cattle we have to slaughter and decreases the amount of waste from each cow.
The lunch at my school was like $1.85. Is it really surprising that they're using shit-quality meat to keep the prices down?
They should do what McDonald's does with the McRib, where it's made out of parts of the pig that have real health benefits (high in protein, calcium, etc) but are parts that don't exactly sound enticing. Like the heart.
When I was in high school they called this so called "Pizza" but it was just a bread with some cheese on it...
[QUOTE=Shadow Core;35150734]When I was in high school they called this so called "Pizza" but it was just a bread with some cheese on it...[/QUOTE]
I believe that's what people call "cheese pizza"
[QUOTE=Shadow Core;35150734]When I was in high school they called this so called "Pizza" but it was just a bread with some cheese on it...[/QUOTE]
Had the same in Jr High, you had to dip it in a sauce.. They were cheese bread sticks dammit not pizza
Oh god damn it, not this shit, this shit isn't good for you yet they still fucking allow it, I could see if you had a choice from this and real food, but you don't.
[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;35151250]Oh god damn it, not this shit, this shit isn't good for you yet they still fucking allow it, I could see if you had a choice from this and real food, but you don't.[/QUOTE]
Do you have sources to back up your claim? And would you rather more cows be slaughtered for the same amount of meat?
[QUOTE=Sanius;35150484]read this thread to see why you're wrong: [url]http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3471581[/url]
there is literally nothing bad about "pink slime" and if you think otherwise [after thoroughly reading that thread] you're probably an idiot
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getting rid of pink slime will fuck over poor people and lead to more cow slaughter than is necessary[/QUOTE]
Other than the chemicals and dyes added aswell as the bad parts to eat like cartillealge and fats
[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;35151250]Oh god damn it, not this shit, this shit isn't good for you yet they still fucking allow it, I could see if you had a choice from this and real food, but you don't.[/QUOTE]
you have no idea what you're talking about do you
"pink slime" is nothing more than trimmings. it's "real food" just like cartilage, bone marrow, liver, heart, anus, et cetera. the fact that privileged white people refuse to eat it does not make it unhealthy garbage
Its the same fucking thing with sheephead, catfish, bluegills, and carp.
You can eat them, they are good tasting, but everyone is so picky with what they want to eat.
[QUOTE=Sanius;35151308]you have no idea what you're talking about do you
"pink slime" is nothing more than trimmings. it's "real food" just like cartilage, bone marrow, liver, heart, anus, et cetera. the fact that privileged white people refuse to eat it does not make it unhealthy garbage[/QUOTE]Bone marrow is tasty as fuck. I always eat it after finishing chicken legs.
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[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;35151405]Its the same fucking thing with sheephead, catfish, bluegills, and carp.
You can eat them, they are good tasting, but everyone is so picky with what they want to eat.[/QUOTE]
What's wrong with carp? We always eat it after fishing.
Sounds like dogchow
[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;35151434]Bone marrow is tasty as fuck. I always eat it after finishing chicken legs.
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What's wrong with carp? We always eat it after fishing.[/QUOTE]
People consider it a 'crap fish' because it bottom feeds. Sad thing is it's basically a large paper mouth.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;35151592]People consider it a 'crap fish' because it bottom feeds. Sad thing is it's basically a large paper mouth.[/QUOTE]
People are idiots. I am not rich enough to afford some premium fish. Carp's fine too.
Smoked Carp. Nom nom.
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