Schools ' pink slime can say no to ' beef

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By Jennifer Warner
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Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD

March 16, 2008-2012 "mucus pink" may be on the menu in many school soon.

United States Department of agriculture beef "pink slime" in dealing with the meat industry "lean finely textured beef by the controversial purchase of a product known as" school lunch program participants, with or without a selection says it will provide.

Products to remove most of the fat, beef trimmings combined heat and e. coli and salmonella bacteria kill like a potentially dangerous gas and ammonia hydroxide to treat them with the filler made.

Although the price has not yet been released in the United States Department of agriculture is more likely the filler free beef would cost the school.

On average, in the United States Department of agriculture, approximately 20% of their national school lunch program to purchase and the other 80% of the private companies.

Decisions like the McDonald's fast food chain Taco Bell after publicly they are no longer in the lean finely textured beef products from their restaurant would use. a month

United States Department of Agriculture decided to offer a selection of beef products "responded to requests from the school district.", says nationwide

But it's also an aggressive online campaign removed the authority of the controversial filler school lunch: a call for

"Pink slime" get school lunch program former Attorney Betty Segal of bloggers and urging United States Department of agriculture started by more than 230,000 signatures which online petition has generated.

"Because it comes from a source of highly pathogenic, it is against a pink slime ' would be less nutritious than regular beef beef ' because they think you will understand the terms that consumers in General, and it is widely and without any disclosure to consumers, our food supply, because it is an inexpensive filler" Siegel writes on her blog today for lunch tray.

Siegel and other critics of meat-trimming more bacteria and increases the risk of infection is likely to harbour such as filler in the beef that has been claimed.

However, the United States Department of agriculture, "a finely textured beef products ' safety, keep dry in the name of" every consumer.

A finely textured beef meat industry contends Federal safety standards on dry nutrition products.

"The fact remains dry, finely textured beef and beef trimmings in the all beef animals produced by an additional 10-12 pounds of lean, nutritious beef yield 100% beef product," said J.D. Alexander, National Cattlemen's beef Association, says the press release. "Lean finely textured beef production being dry, nutritious beef from waste."

Source: press release, United States Department of agriculture. Press release, beef products, Inc. press release, the National Cattlemen's beef Association. Lunch tray: "NPR story my correction: yesterday's mucus pink."

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