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Ex-BPI Employee Sues Media Over LFTB Controversy

By James Andrews on December 13, 2012

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

By Michele Simon on September 28, 2012

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

By Nancy Huehnergarth on September 24, 2012

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

By News Desk on September 17, 2012

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

By Dan Flynn on September 14, 2012

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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BPI Sues ABC News, Former USDA Officials for ‘Pink Slime’ Defamation

By Helena Bottemiller on September 13, 2012

Beef Product Inc, the maker of Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB), now commonly known as “pink slime,” on Thursday filed suit against ABC News, former U.S. Department of Agriculture officials, and a former company employee…
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Former BPI Employee Plans to File Suit Over LFTB Backlash

By News Desk on June 25, 2012

A former Beef Products Inc employee plans to file a civil lawsuit in response to the national frenzy over lean finely textured beef (LFTB), now widely known to consumers as pink slime. Sioux City, Iowa-based…
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LFTB-maker Met With White House Staff in 2011

By Helena Bottemiller on June 18, 2012

About a year before Lean Finely Textured Beef, or pink slime, would garner national attention — and outrage among consumers on social media — the product’s maker, Beef Product Inc, paid a visit to the…
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Nearly Every State Opts Out of ‘Pink Slime’ for School Lunch

By Helena Bottemiller on June 6, 2012

Under a new policy that gave school districts the choice, only three states opted to buy ground beef containing the controversial Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB), according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA…
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Watch a 1-Hour Webinar on Lean Finely Textured Beef

By Chuck Jolley on May 8, 2012

Over the last 2 years, Food Seminars International has produced over 100 online “webinars” on food safety and related fields.  FSI often teams up with the Food Processing Suppliers Association to produce their webinars and

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