date:Apr 03, 2013
entage of lean beef, say producers.
ABC News coverage suggested that the product was unsafe and unhealthy, said BPI, when it is in fact simply lean beef that has been separated from fat, bone and connective tissue and then treated with ammonia to kill pathogens in an USDA-approved process.
The phrase pink slime - allegedly coined by an USDA microbiologist - began to spread in 2009 and then gained momentum after celebrity chef Jamie Oliver began using it in 2011.
Blatantly false and disparagin