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USDA Buys 7 Million Pounds of ‘Pink Slime’ For School Lunches

School lunch programs have been in the spotlight recently. Just last week, the Blaze posted two stories about a North Carolina school where the food police were aggressively monitoring lunches that parents give to their children. Earlier this year, First Lady Michelle Obama lead a very public campaign to announce that healthier foods would be coming to school cafeterias and military mess halls.

Today, many parents will be questioning the wisdom of a government-controlled school lunch program. Why? Because the Feds have announced that the USDA is buying seven million pounds of something that is affectionately known as “pink slime.”

School Lunches to Get 7 Million Pounds of Pink Slime

The seven million pounds of this frankenmeat product purchased by the USDA is not a new addition to the lunch programs in schools, just a substantial increase. The New York Times reported that in 2009 the U.S. government purchased 5.5 million pounds of the stuff.

Pink slime is a mixture of leftover trimmings, sinew, and other beef parts culled from a cow once the expensive and more recognizable cuts of meat have been harvested and sent to a butcher. The collection of leftovers is spun in a centrifuge to remove excess fat, washed in a disinfecting solution and then minced for use in various applications.

Pink slime is allowed to make up as much as 15% of the ground beef you might be purchasing at from your local grocery store. And according to some industry experts, the concoction may be in as much as 70% of the ground beef found in America. Gerald Zirnstein, the scientist who first coined the phrase “pink slime” when he worked at the USDA, told ABC news that calling any package that contains it “fresh ground beef” constitutes ” economic fraud:”

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Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is not a fan of this stuff. He recently waged a very public campaign against pink slime and managed to convince McDonald’s to stop using it in their hamburgers.

Perhaps the decision from Mickey D‘s was inspired by this segment on Oliver’s TV show:

Joining McDonald’s in pledging to stop using pink slime is Burger King and Taco Bell.

The cost savings realized by adding the ammonia treated mixture of trimmings to real ground beef amounts to about 3 cents a pound. And there have been reports from schools and prisons where these burgers are served claiming that the meat smells and tastes of ammonia. And yet the USDA is increasing the amount of pink slime purchased for the national school lunch programs.

If the cost savings are minimal and the fast food industry is removing pink slime from its considerable food distribution network, will the government respond in kind?

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  • sundell1951
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:28am

    That‘s why I stopped buying ’ground beef’ years ago. Buy a roast, chop your own, and you know what’s in it!

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    • rabblechat
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:14am

      I’m fortunate enough to live in a “rural” area where I can purchase beef that was raised and butchered all withing about 10 miles of my house. If you buy a 1/4, 1/2 or whole bee) you get everything steaks, roasts etc. For less per pound than you would by this pink slime burger at the local super market.
      I would encourage everyone to seek out and support local meat lockers, processors and small farmers and ranchers if you are still lucky enough to have them.
      This story just goes to show you cannot trust the big producers to provide healthy and wholesome food.

      Is it any wonder why Cancer rates have sky rocketed in the last 50 years?

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:27am

      How far behind can Soylent Green be?

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:32am

      But I Trust The Government. This is what you get in the free school lunch program when you let the Federal Government take over.

      Pink slime has been used for years without problem. Ammonia contains nitrogen just like protein does so its just another form of protein. Did you know that ammonia is a antiseptic just like alcohol. I guess that explains why hospitals use ammonia instead of alcohol on your arm before giving injections; ahh, but they don’t.

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:44am

      President Clinton Knew All About Pink Slime

      President Clinton knew it was safe, he use to eat a Big Mac daily. Pink slime is safe and wholesome and this is why the Government adds it to you children’s free school lunches.

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:47am

      Obama Knows Pink Slime Is Safe

      This is why Obama Family only eats $150/lb Kobe Beef in the White House.

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:51am

      We now have USDA approved Soylent Red, Green, and Pink. Wait until you find out what other things your trustful government puts in your beef but that’s a story for another day.

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:00am

      Obama Knows About Pink Slime

      This explains why the Obama family only eats certified Kobe Beef at $150/lb. The USDA outlawed peanut butter in the free school lunch program and substituted beef flavored pink slime. Chicken nuggets must also contain pink slime too. Our troops are also being made to eat pink slime in 50% beef and 50% slime.

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    • JRook
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:13am

      Right focus on the USDA as if they act on there own or produce the stuff. We have the best politicians money can buy on both sides of the isle. And who do you think can afford to buy and own them. Big corporations and the wealthy. Our entire food industry is a fraud and much, if not most of what is used in process and prepared foods is pink slim or worse. Eat grass fed beef, pastured chicken, turkey, eggs and milk products, raw milk cheese and organic vegetables, fruit and bread. Eat 30% less of high quality foods and your food bill will be the same and you will feel a lot better. It’s that simple. Save the calories for a good beer or wine.

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    • country_hick
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:13am

      Rabblechat;

      Many years ago, when a teen, my parents would drive 70 miles to get our beef direct from the farm. Now I go to one of my friends and get it from them. We raise our own free range chickens for meat and eggs and she wants to add goats this summer meanwhile I’m thinking rabbits (great meat bad cute factor). Of course we have to supplement with venison (poor me).

      I KNOW what is in my food.

      When I worked in the city I took a bus to work. You would be surprised at the number of people that think meat comes from a grocery store shelf. They can’t connect the cute little animal with a steak or rabbit stew, etc. When you get on the subject of manure they will actually turn green…

      Taco Bell and Burger Thing are going to get calls about their use of this. No more business from me until I know it is removed or what they put it in!

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    • 2theADDLED
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:15am

      I warned before about this Government issued confinement loaf has the additives to keep you and your children docile and ignorant if you do not conform and eat your confinement loaf we have reeducation camps all ready for those that refuse to conform. They really did try it on prisoners.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:21am

      SOYLENT PINK is made of… Social Security receivers, under a MediCare Control Panel… which saves money in two ways!

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    • renniksbob
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:34am

      I.m an Ex meat Cutter I by a boneless Chuck roast and have them gring it 10 -15 lbs at a time go home and freeze it in smaller packages.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:50am

      This has to be criminal!

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    • SteelRight
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:15am

      If you need ground beef, buy cheap cuts of meat and have them ground for you. Most
      grocery stores will do it for no charge

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    • A_Sco
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:22am

      Unfortunately, you still aren’t safe Sundell, have you never seen the video of how they make “fake steak”? It supposedly can fool even experts. Cheap cuts are harvested and put together with something
      referred to as “meat glue” to make filéts etc. Looks pretty good! I’ll never buy other than from grass fed organic and/or local farmers again.

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    • 83plus
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:47am

      Sounds like SPAM, the schools are going to serve the kids SPAM like stuff at the requirement of the government, great. Glad I graduated high school when I did.

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    • Dr Vel
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:11pm

      They are feeding soylent pink to children, made from the remains of fallen liberals. “Soylent Pink is Feminazis’!

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    • 2theADDLED
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:27pm

      @ rabblechat
      Careful there if a rancher has a cow slaughtered in my area the meat cannot be for resale not USDA approved but what they don‘t know I won’t tell them.

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    • Melvin Spittle
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:10pm

      Ruler4You
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:27am

      “How far behind can Soylent Green be?”

      It’s people!!!!!

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    • wandamurline
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:47pm

      I raise my own…then I know what they ate and what I am getting when they are sent to the packers. I though Michelle Obama was going to stop this sort of thing … that the food police would see that kids get better nutrition at school, etc….as usual all lies coming out of the mouths of both in the White House….all of this reminds me of an old Charleston Heston movie “Soylent Green” in the end, people found they were eating other people who had died. Just about as disgusting.

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:49pm

      @country-hick

      Enjoyed reading your post! Right-on!

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:05pm

      The CDC says that Zombies are real and now the USDA is making Zombie food and feeding it to us.

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    • diamondlee
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:31pm

      thank you for that information–i will grind my own beef from now on—-how do we know what supermarkets and stores and places are buying this slime…and cannot whom ever is saying and advertising it as ”real all beef” be sued??????? this is a shame that we as the public are being scammed like this–SUCH DISHONESTY AND NO INTEGRITY – seems that $$$$$$$$$$is their true purpose at the cost of many lives…what a real shame….these are adults who know better–”i think”’ what has the people of the earth become – ?

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    • godlovinmom
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:39pm

      Iam sooooo glad I homeschool my child…that does not look right at all…regarding these “free” lunches that American school children receive…well I don’t know what anyone would have to complain about…I know for a fact that there are alot of families that get these free lunches and do not qualify for them…so if you’re gonna cheat the system…this is what you get…pink slime for your kids.

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    • pavepaws
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:44pm

      Soylent pink.

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    • Doris
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:01pm

      You and rabblcat are right. We are lucky enough to live in a rural area and raise pigs chickens and 1 cow at a time then have our own animals butchered as needed.I wouldnt buy meat from anywhere now.

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    • OklahomaBound
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:03pm

      That stuff looks yummy, or it would if it were soft serve strawberry ice cream. Enjoy your soylent pink school kids courtesy of “well intentioned” leftist.

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    • Doris
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:05pm

      I bet it bursts michelles bubble that some fast food are removing the sh-t from their food.Let him eat it.

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    • USAMEDIC3008
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:07pm

      Soylent Pink

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    • USAMEDIC3008
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:10pm

      You cant have your Pink
      if you dont eat your meat
      Hey teachers eat your $#!t at home

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    • cuinsong
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:40pm

      The gov. is buying it because every one else is removing it from their products so the gov. is picking up the excess probably at bargain prices? Vote them all out this Nov. What’s wrong with this song? http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9134749

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    • churchdog
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:37pm

      It’s just a skinless hot dog. Chill out. 7 million lbs. divided by what? How much is each serving size? is it just a filler? so many unanswered questions. You food-snobs are all a bunch of overzealous ninnies.

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:56pm

      Okay …I went to the grocery store a week ago to buy hamburger meat to make spaghetti…they didn’t have any ground chuck,,,but they had extra lean ground chuck ..okay…I’ll try it…got home …cooked it in my favorite sauce….and Yuck!….it was mushy…….threw it out…..was it the pink slime?

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    • Protoham
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 6:04pm

      And to think the First Lady is pushing this stuff. Yum!

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:36pm

      Looks like an Albino Python….

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    • IndyGuy
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:10pm

      Headline:GLORIA GOES WILD: ARREST LIMBAUGH FOR HIS SPEECH!….;;;It’s called free speech….Bitch…

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 12:56am

      Ruler4You
      Soylent green is much better for you than beef – not the stuff in the movie which was people, but what they ate in the book. Soylent is a combination of soybeans and lentils, which they ate because nobody could afford meat anymore. Add some split peas and spinach and it comes out green and has just about the best ratio of cost to nutritional value of any food in the world, though I do love me some hamburger if I get it from a butcher I know and trust.

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    • kcares
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 7:10am

      To Sundell: Good idea. I was raised on a farm, and we had a grinder to make ground beef. I bet you can still get one. I realized that the hotdog I ate yesterday was probably pink slime. But our Fed. Gov. knows so much more how to feed us then we do.

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    • jimmyjoejetter
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 10:42am

      To all Liberals who Hate Corporations and love the Obama’s
      Note this clip. ” Joining McDonald’s in pledging to stop using pink slime is Burger King and Taco Bell.”
      I bet they did not know anything more about it than we did. The FDA Called it Meat. So I do not blaim
      McDonalds and others or myself. I made the mistake of trusting the Government to keep us safe”
      I now feel so stupid. Machell Obama I guess in her decision to tell us what we can and can not eat in the schools did not seem to have a problem with the FDA. She is in a position to have talked to them and get some answers about the food.
      But this is not new. In the 80s the FDA tried to add Radiation to the food.
      They stated that the food would not be radio active. This is true. But guess what. When you radiate food you change it. Gama Radiation is Ionizing radiation. That means it RIPs Electrons from Molocules. When you do this the Molocule is now something new. Not what it was. Thus a Mango
      is no longer a mango. Beef is no longer beef. It is something else and we do not know what it is.
      I do not know what chemical reactions Amonia has on meat. But breath a little of it and see what happens. Again it changes the makeup chemicly of what you are eating. Not much differance than Food iradiation. I do not care if no amonia stays on what is left. It made the chences already. That is why the bacteria are dead. They were chemicly altered. No longer able to sustain life.
      A lot of bacteria can not live on ira

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    • cmi
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 11:07am

      If everyone could just spend one hour walking around & observing the processing of meat in these large packing houses,…..at least 80% of the population would become “vegens” overnight!!

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    • iggnyte
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 11:10am

      http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/msm.asp

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    • jimmyjoejetter
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 11:34am

      Industrial waste products in food. Just like the Pink Slime and that is a good name for it. Some say ( in this very same blog or comment area) it is sensationalism and that we naturally have Ammonia in our systems. This is a misleading statement.
      The ammonia in our system is for a different reason and is not for food. Poop is also natural. But is it good to eat? Is it good for you? Did you ever watch the Movie “ Human centipede” The Video about
      Pink Slime said. “ Ammonia gas was passed over the remains ( another good word for this Crap)
      to make it Safe”. I do not believe it makes it safe. Sure it kills the bacteria. But why does it kill the bacteria? Because it changes the bacteria chemically. The Bacteria are dead because they have been chemically altered. Run a mop with ammonia on it over the food and it will kill the Germs. But the reason it kills them is the exact reason this stuff is not safe as food. No dam way. It has been chemically altered. What is it after it was soaked in ammonia? No one knows and if they say they do they are 1. Stupid or 2. Liars. We do not know all of the chemicals and compounds in the remains that are to become Pink Slime. And thus we can not say we know what all compounds will be affected. One thing we do know is they are affected. So are living organisms on the stuff. Both the safe and the dangerous ones. Ammonia is not smart and knows only to change the chemistry of the bad bacteria. It changes all of them and they die. So the

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    • johngaltdfw
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:29pm

      Soylent Pink?

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    • Amren
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 7:04pm

      And that’s why my family raises its own meat!!! We raise chickens, pigs, goats, and cattle. We know what they‘re fed and we know how they’re harvested. We choose the cuts of beef, pork and goat and we harvest the chickens at home.
      Once you‘ve eaten truly fresh meat you’ll never buy meat from a store again!!!
      Keep government out of food!!!!

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  • Silversmith
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:20am

    Processed food is not food. WAKE UP! The “change” or industrialization of our food supply is WHY we are experiencing such growth in diabetes, alzheimers, cancer, and nerve disorders. Who knows what else? Just think of how folks ate BEFORE Kraft and Beatrice – and the FDA – that is what we are designed for.

    Eat regional raw and fermented when you can – and you will be happier and healthier.

    Silversmith

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:38am

      3 hunters in our family…we eat venison (deer). Yum Yum.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:41am

      Don’t fall for the sensationalism.
      Ammonia (nitrogen and hydrogen) is naturally occurring and already in your body.
      You produce it, as do the bacteria in your gut that help us digest.
      It SOUNDS scary because of household ammonia but that is WAY WAY WAY more concentrated.
      It SOUNDS GROSS because of the sensational monicker, “pink slime.”
      Links:
      http://www.foodinsight.org/Resources/Detail.aspx?topic=Questions_and_Answers_about_Ammonium_Hydroxide_Use_in_Food_Production

      http://www.meatmythcrushers.com/

      http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/latest/Boneless-lean-beef-trimmings-is-a-safe-and-wholesome-product–141944653.html

      This is NOT to say I approve of schools TAKING AWAY a child’s lunch and replacing it w/ govt food like this! Parents should decide. Which leads to my most significant complaint: FOOD LABELING!
      The producers put this stuff in, and we aren’t told. That takes away MY freedom of choice!
      Like sneaking water in ham/turkey/chicken, then selling it by the pound. Like replacing choice meat with select, and removing the GRADE label. Don’t even get me started on the Spanish labeling that makes it harder to find things, and impossible to read the tiny 2pt type used to squeeze it on the pkg., or the expiration date in code, or, embossed so you have to get the perfect glare of light to read it.
      Or non-regulated, non-inspected food being imported, while choking us w regulations.

      Consumer “protection” CZAR my butt !!!!

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:58am

      Tom-
      Go to a butcher, select a cut of meat and have it ground for you, then go to the store and get some pink slime burger and compare the taste.
      This is just nasty not matter how you cook it

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    • TheWholeTruth
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:11am

      This is the stuff that McDonald‘s recently said it’s not going to use anymore. Had to sell it somewhere!
      Corn fed beef is bad for you, grass fed is great, you can smell and taste the difference. The fats from corn fed are dangerous to your health the grass fed you need to eat since it’s high in omega 3 and 6. Corn fed has e coli in it’s gut because cows are not meant to eat corn (besides the corn is GMS and that ends up in the meat) Grass fed is safe from the majority of concerns we have in our meat being as they aren’t fed GMO, no steroids, no antibiotics, no growth hormones and no standing in cow pies up to their ankles 24/7 in some stockyard for the majority of their life.

      Your choice.. as for me, make it natural or keep it.

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    • riseandshine
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:47am

      @The Whole Truth……Thanks for that.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:25pm

      @hidden…
      nobody is comparing a prime tenderloin with BLBT (aka “pink slime”)
      The BLBT is a FILLER. It does not replace meat. It is mixed with regular ground beef to EXTEND it, to stretch it further. Just as you or I put oatmeal or bread into ground beef to make it go further in the name of meatloaf. There IS a place for fillers. Just LABEL IT ACCORDINGLY! That‘s all I’m saying.
      Nobody ever believed fast food joints were using the same grade of ground beef you or I use at home. That is why it looks and tastes different. But, it is also why fast food is CHEEEEP!
      Stop taking away our choices! Give us the FACTS and let US decide!! And we deserve FACTS, not sensationalized, biased slang like “slime.” We’ve all heard the phrase about sausage making. There is a reason that phrase exists. Some thing we eat looks pretty gross before it gets to our plate.
      One man‘s haggis is another man’s boiled guts stuffed with lungs, heart, and liver).
      I don’t want to eat beef tongue or to eat tripe, or pickled pigs feet, or hog snout, or chitterlings, or even beets. But, I’m not about to infringe on YOUR RIGHTS and try to stop you from eating them, or serving them. No, I’m going to RESPECT YOUR RIGHTS. However, I DO expect you to respect MY rights, and TELL ME when you are mixing fillers into ground beef. Just tell me. That’s all. It’s a really cool concept called FREEDOM and LIBERTY!!

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    • jenk99
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:54pm

      @TomFerrari

      Exactly. Tell us what is in it and let us decide if we want to eat it or not. I don’t want ANYONE mandating what I can or cannot eat. Just because others might make a bad choice does not mean that I do or will. I am soooo tired of the food police and the “righteous eaters” (you know the ones who look at you like you were the one who killed Jesus when you eat a twinkie.) I don’t want to be made to eat the pink slime, nor do I want to be forced to eat organic whatever. It is MY choice to either eat corn fed beef or grass fed beef and mine ALONE. I am healthy and thin. If I want to go and have a twinkie and coke (not diet) then so be it. It is my decision, no one else’s. On that note, I think I might run out and get a large Mocha with WHOLE MILK….oh the horror!!!

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    • riseandshine
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:33pm

      @Midwest Mom….Venison is good stuff.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:52pm

      Tom, You are right that most of us do not understand what is actually in the things we eat. A friend of mine will not eat hot dogs or bologna after working at a meat processing plant. I worked at a cheese processing plant that created the cheese powder for things like mac & cheese dinners, cheese puff & tortilla chips and the like (did not want to name brands). It is amazing what can end up in those batches. If all these things were reported on the news, a lot of people would stop eating these type of foods.

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    • BonnieBlueFlag
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:15pm

      @The whole truth:

      There is e. coli in *your* gut. It is in most animals’ intestines.

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    • BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 1:07am

      I’ll never forget the first few days and weeks after my family was relocated to Kuwait. My children were shocked to see the carcases of goats and lambs hanging in the window of the meat locker at the local grocery. In Egypt, we were told when buying meat out in the market that you want to choose from the carcases covered in flies. The reason-being, the carcases free from flies had been spraid with pesticides not uncommon to RAID. After reading this story and watching the video, I doubt I will buy prepackaged meat again. And to those commenting about how the ammonia is not a big factor- are you out of your mind? Read the label won’t you. You are not suppose to ingest the stuff and inhaleing it is not a good idea either. Certainly makes you wonder. I betcha, in a few years they will be able to connect this “process” to a number of health issues, birth defects, and perhaps even miscarriages.

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    • netmail
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 11:22am

      Evil, greedy food manufactures love idiot, addicted consumers. That would be the majority in our culture. Wise up and get out of the majority….or don’t. Just because the culture is lost doesn’t mean that you have to be.

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  • ChildofJesus
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:15am

    Gross and they call this good for the kids?

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:44am

      Pink Slime….it‘s what’s for dinner!
      Pink Slime….the other “white” meat!

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:42am

      yes they think its safe what really horrifies me is this is in grocery store meat, I personally buy all of my beef from a relative who raises and butchers for our family and other organic butchers to make a living. the connective tissues especially the spinal cord are where the chances of mad cow disease increase. eating these portions of the cow are the riskiest areas. it is just disgusting I am having a flashback of a story when bush was president of them buying what we rednecks refer to as spent hens. they are hens past their laying years and are considered dog food. they have huge concentrates of listeria and other fun diseases. I am just wondering if because the usda doesnt subsidize so many farmers we are ending up with this garbage as some sort of payoff to the ag business.

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    • audrac
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:21pm

      This is why we HUNT for our food and process it ourselves! As for chicken and pork – we’ll start going organic!

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    • katamb55
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:03pm

      It‘s hard for me to believe McDonald’s will change – maybe they won’t use the pink slime but the process to make that sounds like how they make their hamburgers – crush everything up and use it all. I stopped eating them a few years ago when I got a piece of bone in every McD’s burger I ate over 6 months.

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    • 4xeverything
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 7:41am

      Huh, I guess this is all PETA had to do to get people’s attention. Now that I know this, the small independent butcher is my new best friend.

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    • BloodSweatandTears
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 7:17pm

      Get the word out. Have your kids watch this film…Although your kids may go to public school you can still home school the important subjects.

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  • hempstead1944
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:14am

    “Soilent Green’ has arrived……

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  • randy
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:13am

    SPIP “Soylent Pink is People!”

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  • GeorgeWashingtonslept here
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:10am

    I’ll take my chances with eating Organic any day. I don‘t give a rat’s rear end if you Anti-Organic think I’m full of it. Keep eating products that have propylene glycol in it….oh that’s just ONE …….hey next time you buy shredded coconut ,,,,look at the ingredients………lol………yep,,,,I’ll risk eating Organic! ty

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    • BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 1:11am

      Yes, just as nonbeef hot dogs contains minced worms, prepacked shredded cheese contains sawdust, and my all-time-favorite, minced garlic conatins Formaldehyde.

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  • ALF668
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:08am

    When I was a kid we used to have Bazooka bubble gum that was pink, does that mean that it qualified as meat??

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:27am

      ROFL….that‘s the funniest thing I’ve heard in days! I chewed a lot of Bazooka myself back in the day..

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    • jharper
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 11:01am

      Bazooka came with a free comic strip inside too. Remember that? Wouldn’t it be funny if you bit into a comic strip next time you ate a hamburger? It would be like getting a prize in a ******* Jack box.

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    • jharper
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 11:04am

      Sure, it must be meat. Remember when congress declared ketchup a vegatable?

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:02am

    .
    7 Million Pounds of ‘Pink Slime’ sounds like FLOTUS, Nancy & Fluke have been very busy…..

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  • sawbuck
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:00am

    the scientist who first coined the phrase “pink slime” when he worked at the USDA,
    ~~~~
    You mean re-coined..!
    My dad with many others coined another…WPA-HAM

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  • MLM66
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:55am

    This is the same photo that is currently circulating around the Internet as being “mechanically separated poultry.”

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:00am

      didn’ t they make a movie called SOLIENT GREEN

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  • commonsenseguy
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:53am

    you can not have any pudding,unless you eat the governments beat brand of meat, okay people i am sorry to do this,but you leave me no choice,i will have to force you to eat our great food,while the we the commie regime eat lobster, you must be regulated to eat it,you will have to have food insurance,aka”" obama care.”" and if that don’t work,you will be labeled a hate and fear monger for not liking our nasty smelling food,then we will have to just make you eat it in anyway the regime sees fit. so eat the damn food and like it, don’t worry about the side effects,just do as you are told,

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    • Darla_K
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:16am

      This is like the government dictating what we have to eat while they are eating prime meals and telling us we must get obama care while they have the best. The rules don’t apply to them and that is one of the problems. They are no better than anyone else!! We need leaders who stand with us the people.

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  • drago
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:53am

    As i have been a meat cutter (butcher,to the uneducated) all my life, as has my father, and his father,i can say will all due honesty, this guy is an idiot, and a lier.First of all, “trimming” are just that, trimmed meat, fat and sinew off of various cuts of meat.They do NOT contain salmanila,if they did, they could not be sold in the first place.Second, the statement, its “not fit for human consumption” is and out and out lie.I could go on and totally trash everything this idiot said, but i will not.I will leave it up to those of you with half a brain, to research it yourself.This was nothing but a publicity stun by a left wing british moron…..

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    • Madmilo
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:38am

      You forgot to mention you brother owns a butcher shop. And he can veify that what you are saying is true. If you read the B.S. on the internet this crap starts out being trimmings and goes so far as to being stuff scraped off of the floor and workers shoes. Don’t believe everything you read. Would I use it in my meat market? No. Would I eat it? Wouldn’t bother me. Alot of these scare tactics are brought on by PETA. And thats all I got to say about that.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:53am

      No offense but “not fit for human consumption” is in the eye of the beholder. The thing that really bothers me about processed meats is the chemicals involved. Amonia etc. And it’s not just processed meats. Cows, pigs even chickens are fed hormones and God only knows what to increase body weight/meat. I know the so-called experts tell us that this stuff is perfectly safe but then again the experts have also told us various drugs, foods etc were safe too. Turned out they were wrong.

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    • country_hick
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:40am

      Drago, Madmilo;

      “They do NOT contain salmanila,if they did, they could not be sold in the first place.”

      Big recalls of government inspected meats in 2011;

      Tyson – Beef – 131,000 pounds
      Cargil – Turkey – 36,000,000 pounds
      Jennie O – Turkey – 55,000 pounds

      Then there was 2,200 pounds of beef in Michigan, another for 900 pounds, ad nauseum…

      ALL POSSIBLY CONTAMINATED.

      CDC estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) gets sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases.

      You say you wouldn’t use that at your markets? I applaud you! THAT is why people should go to a locally owned meat market. But the question is do you grind 1,000′s of pounds of hamburger from 10 or 20 or 30 different animals all at the same time? All it takes is ONE to contaminate the whole batch.

      What gets me is the 3,000 deaths per YEAR figure! The CDC prohibits raw milk because they claim 2 or 3 deaths OVER 11 YEARS. Seems they may be lying about that!

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    • drago
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:02pm

      @Country-hick.
      Meat cannot leave a killing plant with salmonila period,though it is possible, some could.Most contamination occurs because of cleanliness, or lack there of.Most contaminated meat also occurs in kill to shelf plants, where cross contamination is most likely to occur.My father owned a meat market for more than 30 years, not once did we have salmonila occur, nor had anyone EVER gotten sick from out products.My brother (Madmilo) and i could rip this to shreds all day long on here, truth is, you people will believe what you want,and most wont be convinced, because a so called chef says its true.Dig deaper into why contamination occured at these plants, truth is, they are most likely dirty,and the fed. meat inspecters are payed off,and most occur in northern states,check it out……

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    • drago
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:04pm

      @Country-hick.
      One more thing, if you have ever eaten at aa asian resturant,regardless of type, japanese, korean, especially in califorication, you most likely have eaten worse, than pink slime…….

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    • country_hick
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:01pm

      Drago:
      “Meat cannot leave a killing plant with salmonila period”

      Killing plant? Shelf plant? I don‘t care what type of ’plant’ it is if the government is inspecting them.

      I take it that all those recalls, illnesses and deaths, like the following one, are just silly rumors?

      “Cargill Inc. is pulling back almost 36 million pounds (16,300 metric tons) of ground turkey — one of the biggest recalls in U.S. history — after a salmonella outbreak linked to one death and more than 70 illnesses in 26 states.”

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  • piper60
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:48am

    This is parallel to calling catsup a vegetable.

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:57am

      There goes my favorite vegi group. So mustard is out too? Is miracle whip only availabe in the DNC page break room now? So confusing.

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    • BloodSweatandTears
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 7:13pm

      I heard pizza was a vegetable….eeeewwww.

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  • nj-patriot
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:47am

    Businesses saved three cents per pound. But somehow I get the feeling government is probably paying an extra three dollars per pound! Yea team! …………………….. God help us.

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  • Unbelievable
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:46am

    This over a turkey & cheese on wheat bread sandwich? Really?!?!??! God Bless America!!

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  • doomytram
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:42am

    Gov‘t’s laughable hypocrisy and corrupted ridiculousness. Next, The Banana Republic USDA,FDA, and Oblamer will be watering our plants with Gatorade.

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  • conservativejon
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:41am

    they take a parent preped meal from the kids bc it is “unhealthy” and feed them this crap. yea that Oboma’s administration alright. (hint for the librealy disabled) Its not about health its about control.

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    • doomytram
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:35am

      yep. Take away the brown bag lunch and replace it with pink slime.

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    • bigdaddyt46
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 6:08am

      the thing that gets me is moochelle saying that fast food places should replace french fries with vegetables, ect. then the very next day is caught with her daughters at an all you can eat BBQ rib joint.

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  • booger71
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:36am

    Moochelle will be buying soylent green on her next shopping trip

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    • THXll38
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:00am

      I was thinking the same thing. The first thing that came to my mind was the movie Soylent Green!

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  • rovinrobin
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:34am

    Now, listen up boys and girls….if this is what the government is willing to do to save 3 cents a pound in the school lunch program, just think what they’ll do when they get total control of the medical system.

    I see a synergy between two departments developing.

    Soylent Green (or Pink) is People!

    Ew.

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    • 2theADDLED
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:15pm

      Already happening if you are in the VA system and overweight they are refusing services until you lose weight and change your eating. Government provides therefore Government will tell you what is best for you.

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  • lamarlamar
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:34am

    “PINK SLIME”?!?!?!? Yuck……..!!!! Spun, drained, colored, squeezed………..yeah, real appealing. My meat loaf was just ruined!!!

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:32am

    That’s right kiddies, now you can have Michelle Obama’s favorite food! It’s good and good for you! Remember to always look for FLOTUS Approved on the package to make sure you’re getting the official pink slime of the White House.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:14am

      Are there… prizes inside? Alike… MauMau (Kenya) Whistles… and Decoder Rings?

      Now that would make it a really “special” Treat!

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:35am

      No Luke, the liberals have outlawed food with toys, remember?

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  • lukerw
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:27am

    “Let them (the poor & hungry) eat”… $$^(__^%$#,,, saud the Queen!

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  • kcares
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:27am

    I boycotted fast food along time ago. Why do they not have to post that they use “pink slime” on the packages?

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 12:45am

      It’s not just fast food and school lunches, most of the beef sold in supermarkets has it too. I‘ll only buy hamburger at the butcher shop where I know that it’s all beef because I see him grinding it.

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:24am

    Oh yes, and remember the Government knows so much better what is good for your kids to eat….. Riiiiigggghhhhhtttt!!

    Time to home school your kids folks. Don’t let them touch your kids.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:42am

      Yep, they‘re taking away the kid’s turkey sandwiches that their mothers made for them and shoving pink slime at them. It’s insane.

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    • football lady
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:53am

      Gonzo, I’m with you on this. Disgusting.

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  • kentuckypatriot
    Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:23am

    Glad I read this AFTER breakfast, however, don’t know how long it remains in my tummy. EWWWW

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