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U.S. defends treated meat dubbed "pink slime" in school meals
Chicago Tribune ^
| 3/09/12
| Ian Simpson
Posted on 03/11/2012 2:12:17 PM PDT by Libloather
U.S. defends treated meat dubbed "pink slime" in school meals
Ian Simpson
Reuters
7:10 p.m. CST, March 9, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Department of Agriculture is defending the use of ammonium-treated beef, dubbed "pink slime" by detractors, in meals destined for schoolchildren as part of the national school lunch program.
The Internet news source The Daily reported this week that 7 million pounds (3.2 million kg) of the product -- beef trimmings treated partly with ammonium hydroxide to fight contamination -- would appear in school lunches this spring.
"All USDA ground beef purchases must meet the highest standards for food safety," the agency said in a statement.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: meals; pink; school; slime
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To: jjotto
American cane sugar is subsidized, and has been protected since before the Civil War.
US manipulation of the domestic sugar market has apparently been going on
since 1812. The government also imposes import quotas on foreign-produced sugar. The effect of all this is that HFCS - made from US corn, dontcha know - is relatively cheaper, and therefore used in more products than it would be if the government weren't manipulating the domestic sugar market for the benefit of a few large manufacturers.
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posted on
03/11/2012 5:27:58 PM PDT
by
Oceander
(TINSTAAFL - Mother Nature Abhors a Free Lunch almost as much as She Abhors a Vacuum)
To: carriage_hill
I’m laughing at that pic so hard tears are running down my face! Yes, she truly is America's Sweet Heart Sweat Hog.
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posted on
03/11/2012 5:30:16 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight he'll just kill you." John Steinbeck)
To: Libloather
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posted on
03/11/2012 5:34:36 PM PDT
by
Ben Mugged
("Life's tough..... It's even tougher if you're stupid." John Wayne)
To: Iron Munro
Her ass butt has its own zip code!
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posted on
03/11/2012 5:35:45 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(I'll "vote for an orange juice can", over Barry Obummer and another 4yrs of Hell, anyday!)
To: Dusty Road
Welllll!
looks like you’ll be ready for Civil War II!
Let me know when you are cooking the fish..I’ll be right over!!
To: Boogieman
It was the left and Michele’s pal Jaime Oliver that got McDonalds and others to stop using “pink slime”, their term for it. Now it bites them back. lol.
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posted on
03/11/2012 5:42:56 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: Libloather
We just called it Mystery - Meat when I was young and in school.
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posted on
03/11/2012 5:47:15 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: GeronL
Yup, the law of unintended consequences strikes again :)
To: Libloather
Force Congress eat all this crap they foist on us in their own cafeterias. See how long it lasts.
To: Libloather
"All USDA ground beef purchases must meet the highest standards for food safety," the agency said in a statement.
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So it's scraps and trash but it's the highest quality scraps and trash we could find. Enjoy!
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posted on
03/11/2012 6:55:05 PM PDT
by
Free in Texas
(Member of the Bitter Clingers Association.)
To: puppypusher
I’ll eat this stuff the day after it is featured as the #1 choice in the restaurants in the two US Senate office buildings-Hart & Russell buildings. Only if our masters eat it will we peons eat it.
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posted on
03/11/2012 7:05:31 PM PDT
by
RicocheT
(Eat the rich only if you're certain it's your last meal)
To: Libloather
Time for mommas and poppas to start OSC demonstration - Occupy School Cafeterias.
Time to protect the kids and put the gov't on notice.
DON'T FEED OUR KIDS SLIME!
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posted on
03/11/2012 8:38:39 PM PDT
by
maine-iac7
("If you bought it - a truck brought it" - and because of the price of gas/it costs more.)
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