Sentences with phrase «about pink slime»

While it is admirable that they are taking these steps, this measure comes into effect at a controversial time and it is unclear if these labels will be considered adequate with the growing concern about pink slime.

We also talked about pink slime here at Eat Drink Better back in 2010.

and addressing concerns about pink slime.

I am hoping that I will never have to write about pink slime again.

While I was glad for the opportunity to speak with NPR about pink slime yesterday, reporter Allison Aubrey greatly mischaracterized my position on the substance.

Because I was traveling yesterday, a lot of you heard the NPR All Things Considered Story about pink slime before I did and you gave me good feedback, for which I was grateful.

You sounded very well - informed and educated about this pink slime business, and I was impressed.

Given how the USDA and industry has been refusing to label genetically engineered foods (GMOs), which would allow consumers to make informed choices, I find it interesting that the USDA now says they are going to give schools a choice about pink slime or pink slime - free, in the interests of transparency.

Actually, the parents that are screaming about pink slime are the most proactive when it comes to feeding their children in a healthy manner and are the least likely to let their children consume fast food.

Q: I keep hearing about pink slime being fed to school kids.

(@QueenofWein, the Twitter handle for a PR person at the American Meat Institute, and others are now out there tweeting «reassuring» facts and articles about pink slime, information I'd very much like to address.)

On Sunday, the Houston Chronicle ran my opinion piece about pink slime, the content of which will be somewhat familiar to Lunch Tray readers as I've advanced many of the same arguments here.

The fast - food chain is tackling rumors about pink slime, McRibs and horse meat with the help of former «MythBusters» co-host Grant Imahara, in a new ad campaign.

Not exact matches

Some people will have never heard of pink slime before they read about it on McDonald's own website.

The settlement, worth at least $ 177 million, came after South Dakota - based Beef Products sued Disney - owned ABC for $ 5.7 billion over a series of reports about «pink slime» in 2012.

From oil in Gatorade to the amount of caffeine and other stimulants in energy drinks and the so - called «pink slime» found in beef, previously unnoticed ingredients are coming under scrutiny as health - conscious consumers demand more information about what they eat and drink, and sometimes go public via social networking and the Internet.

Bettina Siegel blogs about food and food policy related to children over at The Lunch Tray, but you may know her better for her work on «pink slime;» in 2012, she garnered more than 258,000 signatures on a Change.org petition that led the USDA to change its policy on a low - quality ground beef product used in schools.

And yes, no question that pink slime is gross no matter how depicted and I'm really glad he talked about it, but I also take Dana's point that pink slime has little to do with local school districts and a lot to do with the federal government.

Beef Products Inc, maker of the beef product that critics called pink slime, will permanently close three of its four plants on May 25 due to plummeting sales amid concerns about the ammonia - treated product, the Iowa governor's office said on Monday.

(Reuters)- ABC News has failed to persuade a South Dakota state judge to dismiss a $ 1.2 billion defamation lawsuit by a meat processor complaining about a series of reports that referred to its signature product as «pink slime.»

The «pink slime» controversy has touched a nerve in the school food community and underscored how little parents know about what their children eat at school, said Kate Adamick, a noted school food consultant and author.

The term «pink slime» came from a 2002 internal email between two USDA scientists who were concerned at the time about its safety and lack of labeling.

The outrage, which many experts say has been fueled by the term «pink slime,» seems more about the unsavoriness of the product rather than its safety.

Oct 24 (Reuters)- ABC News sought on Wednesday to move to federal court a meat processor's defamation lawsuit over reports about lean finely textured beef, a product that critics have labeled «pink slime.»

In his March 22 victory lap report about the stores pulling the beef, Avila and anchor Diane Sawyer kept calling the meat «pink slime» like a 4 - year - old who has just learned a dirty word.

Dana Woldow of PEACHSF had an interesting piece in Beyond Chron last week about reactions in San Francisco to pink slime in school food.

Writer Tom Laskawy has a great piece in Grist this morning about how pink slime is really just representative of much larger problems in the meat industry, and he lists some other «processing aids» (besides the now - infamous ammonium hydroxide) lurking in your meat.

By Martha Graybow NEW YORK, Oct 31 (Reuters)- ABC News on Wednesday asked a federal court to throw out claims it defamed a meat processor through a series of television reports about lean finely textured beef, a product that critics have dubbed «pink slime.»

I guess I'm just confused about why pink slime is so bad, I have been searching for the real, detailed scientific reason all over the web and all I find is «connective tissue and ammonium hydroxide.»

What about those at the USDA who coined the term «pink slime» and questioned whether it should be allowed into the food supply?

The idea of «pink slime» might be icky, but it has definite advantages, and we should have heard about them before.

The noise about lean finely textured beef (LFTB), commonly known as «pink slime,» is bringing attention to some of the more unsavory aspects of the U.S. political system — public relations spin, the revolving door, and other aspects of power politics.

By now you have seen and heard about the outcry from parents and students around the country to ban «finely textured lean beef trimmings» or more commonly «pink slime» from school lunches.

she started with jamie a pink slime scare that what happened and maybe you should show my last post and you will see what i'm talking about.

She and I will meet this month to map out a plan to engage the scientists at UNICEF to expose the many dynamics involved with nutrient damage — similar to what I spoke about on the other thread regarding pink slime.

Finally, I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but if anyone needs convincing that pink slime is some really bad stuff, writer Tom Philpott had a great piece about it yesterday on Mother Jones.

I promise I won't turn The Lunch Tray into «all - slime - all - the - time,» but I wanted to update you about the petition started here on Tuesday morning seeking to ban «pink slime» in school food:

I was traveling to all day yesterday for a media appearance (more on that when I'm allowed to share), which was extremely frustrating because all I wanted to be doing was speaking with school food sources to get their reaction to USDA's announcement about school choice and pink slime.

If they truly believe in transparency and giving consumers choices and information about what's in their food in regards to pink slime, then they need to now apply that same reasoning of transparency and choice to GMOs, by allowing labeling that states that foods contain GMOs.

While my petition focused on the use of pink slime in school food, I feel strongly that the media firestorm we created and the overwhelming response to the petition was animated by another concern as well: many Americans were learning for the first time about this substance and the fact that it's in, reportedly, 70 % of our ground beef without any sort of labeling for those who wish to avoid it.

One of the things that I was most upset about over the «pink slime controversy» was the way that the media portrayed the product and conducted themselves while reporting on it.

I had just made a conscious decision to eat better overall and eat mostly vegetarian meals when I head about «pink slime» in fast food meat.

Today's story about the fall of «lean finely textured beef» — also known as «pink slime» — examines both the power of social media and also how little the public knows about what's behind our cheap food supply.

Meanwhile, David Knowles, the writer at The Daily who originally reported on USDA's continued use of pink slime in school food, interviewed me yesterday about the petition.

But as a few readers informed me yesterday, that pink slime is actually mechanically separated chicken (the sort used in some nuggets) and not the beef by - product we've been talking about.

He also pointed to a controversy in 2012 about «pink slime,» also called lean finely textured beef.

In October, the fast - food giant launched a transparency campaign so that they could debunk myths about their food (i.e. «pink slime») and make consumers more comfortable eating their food.

March 22, 2012 • Wal - Mart has become the latest food retailer to announce that it's making changes after listening to customer concerns about lean finely textured beef, known by detractors as «pink slime.»

Back when we talked about «pink slime,» or ammoniated boneless lean beef trimmings, it caused quite a stir.

ABC News posted a story this week about an additive in ground beef called «pink slime,» as originally reported in The Daily and then Huffington Post.