REMEMBER PINK SLIME IN YOUR HAMBURGER? MEDIA ALMOST SILENT NOW.

Pink slime, that mixture of discarded animal parts, doused with ammonia, turned into paste and given a nice healthy pink coloring to be turned into "meat" suffered from a terrible media image.  

 

Then Pink Slime struck back, and the media quieted down.  With good reason.

 

ABC News was sued for defamation by Pink Slime manufacturers, and the lawsuit is still navigating through the court system.

 

June 13, 2013 - Lawsuit against ABC for defamation of PINK SLIME
A federal judge resists the network's urging to analyze the merits of claims and instead throws it to a state court for further examination.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/abc-news-suffers-setback-pink-568453

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/13/abc-news-pink-slime-lawsuit_n_3431268.html
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News Archive of ABC reporting campaign on PINK SLIME
http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/pink-slime.htm

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Another lawsuit:

April 2013 - Judge rules secret behind Pink Slime can remain under wraps

You’re not likely to have heard of Beef Products Inc. before, but the leading maker of “lean finely textured beef” - or what is now referred to as “pink slime” - was successful today in blocking the release of its processing techniques to prying eyes.

http://rt.com/usa/pink-slime-beef-secrets-666/

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Background

Natural News - 2012 - Former United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist-turned-whistleblower Gerald Zirnstein revealed that 70 percent of the ground beef sold at supermarkets contained the fake-meat additive which is commonly referred to as "pink slime". This revelation came on the heels of reports that the USDA is purchasing 7 million pounds of the product for school lunches in public schools.

"Pink slime" is made by gathering beef waste trimmings, simmering them at low heat to make it easy to separate fat from the muscle, and using a centrifuge to spin the waste trimmings to complete the separation. Next, the mixture is sent through pipes and sprayed with ammonium hydroxide gas to kill bacteria. Finally, the product is packaged into bricks, frozen and shipped to grocery stores and meat packers, where it is added to most ground beef.

Read more:  Pink slime added to ground beef (2012)
http://www.naturalnews.com/035437_pink_slime_ground_beef_groceries.html

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March 2013 - One year later manufacturers of Pink Slime are still hanging on -
http://business.time.com/2013/03/06/one-year-later-the-makers-of-pink-slime-are-hanging-on-and-fighting-back/


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Pink Slime - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_slime

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