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Beef Products Inc., which manufactures lean finely textured beef — the product decried in recent months as ‘pink slime’ — has announced it will shut down three of its four plants on May 25.
The move comes a month and a half after the company temporarily suspended operations at the
Continue Reading BPI, Maker of ‘Pink Slime,’ to Close 3 of 4 Plants
Thirty lawmakers wrote to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Thursday asking what the U.S. Department of Agriculture has done and can do in the future to help stop “the campaign of the misinformation” about Lean Finely Textured Beef, now widely known to American consumers as “pink slime.”
Calling the media
Continue Reading 30 Lawmakers Ask USDA to ‘Correct the Public Record’ on LFTB
Last week, Iowa’s Gov. Terry Branstad and U.S. Rep. Steve King called for a congressional hearing on the media coverage that fueled a public backlash against ‘pink slime,’ Beef Products Inc.’ s Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB). Among other things, King accused journalists and activists of perpetrating a “smear campaign”
The story of Beef Products Inc.’s Lean Finely Textured Beef isn’t new, and neither is the nickname “pink slime.” Yet after more than 10 years on the market, the beef additive had never received the level of attention it did beginning in March of this year when a cascade of
Congressman Steve King (R-IA) and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad are pushing for a congressional probe into what many in the meat industry are calling a “smear campaign” against Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB), a formerly obscure component commonly used in ground beef now known to the public as “pink slime.”
Continue Reading Iowa Leaders Seek Congressional Hearing on Pink Slime Critics
The “pink slime” furor gets curiouser and curiouser. It’s hard to keep up (see yesterday’s post) but here’s my summary of where we are with this for the moment.
What is the furor about?
The best place to start is with Michael Moss’s December 30, 2009 investigative report in
Continue Reading ‘Pink Slime:’ Some Questions About What’s Really at Stake
In recent weeks, slimeslinging over Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB) has reached fever pitch. Now public criticism of the stuff has heated up enough to send one meat company into bankruptcy.
Ground beef producer AFA foods filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, citing “recent changes in the market” as the
Continue Reading Weight of Pink Slime Furor Sends One Company Under
Over the past several weeks, thousands of articles, blog posts, tweets and even Facebook statuses have weighed in on the debate over Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB), now commonly known as “pink slime.” One place you won’t find any mention of the product, however, is on a ground beef label
Continue Reading Slimegate: Should USDA Require Labeling for LFTB?
A bill introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday would require the labeling of any beef products that contain lean finely textured beef, the lean beef supplement also known as “pink slime.”
Introduced by Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree from Maine’s 1st District, the “Requiring Easy and Accurate Labeling
