ELK POINT, SD — It would probably not be accurate to
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ABC strikes back by churning up BPI’s earlier history
‘Pink Slime’ Lawsuit Gets Green Light for Trial As Product Demand Returns
Lean, finely textured beef (LFTB) is back, and the lawsuit one of its producers has going against ABC News is not going away. It hasn’t been for lack of trying. ABC tried to get the
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Letter From the Editor: BPI vs. ABC News
I like a good trial as much as the next guy. Late last week, South Dakota Circuit Judge Cheryle Gering said she was not going to dismiss Beef Products Inc.’s $1.2-billion lawsuit against ABC News.
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Cargill to Label Products Containing Finely Textured Beef
Cargill Beef will begin labeling products that contain finely textured beef (FTB), a product sometimes referred to as “pink slime,” along with a similar product, lean finely textured beef made by Beef Products, Inc. The
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Internal Emails Reveal FSIS Was Divided on 'Pink Slime'
By Helena Bottemiller and Gretchen Goetz By March of last year, lean finely textured beef (LFTB) had reached celebrity status under the unfavorable moniker “pink slime.” The product—which is made by centrifuging slightly heated fatty
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Ex-BPI Employee Sues Media Over LFTB Controversy
A former Beef Products Inc. employee has filed a civil lawsuit against a number of media sources, alleging that they “willfully and maliciously” spread false and misleading statements about BPI’s beef filler known as lean
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“Pink Slime” Lawsuit May Be Frivolous, But Could Chill Speech
To no one’s surprise, Beef Products Inc. (BPI) – maker of the ground beef product that took on the moniker of “pink slime” – filed a defamation lawsuit earlier this month against ABC
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Big Food and Big Ag Thwart Your “Right to Know” Anything About Your Food
The “right to know” is the rallying cry of more and more Americans who are fed up with our unappetizing, unhealthy, secretive food system. Consumers are demanding that Big Food/Ag draw back the curtain on
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BPI and Pink Slime: An Updated Timeline
In the Spring of 2012, a beef product called “Lean Finely Textured Beef,” an ingredient in an estimated 70 percent of America’s ground beef, came under fire because the meat — which is pulled from
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Alar Apples Case Precedence for BPI v. ABC
The most important food product disparagement case to come before Beef Products Inc. v. ABC was dropped into the “in” basket at South Dakota’s First Judicial District in Elk Point, SD. Like this latest case,
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