Made by grinding together connective tissue and beef scraps normally destined for dog food and rendering, BPI's Lean Beef Trimmings are then treated with
ammonia hydroxide, a process that kills pathogens such as salmonella and E. coli.
Donley wrote recently to defend the company against ABC's attacks, saying the firm's «use of
ammonia hydroxide in minute amounts during processing improves the safety of the product and is routinely used throughout the food industry.»
The controversial rendered meat sludge that is treated with
ammonia hydroxide to kill pathogens was dropped from fast food chains in recent years but is still purchased by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for institutional feeding programs including school meals.
Oh, and
ammonia hydroxide is a common component of household cleaners.
As you may have seen from my demand for a correction from NPR two days ago (http://bit.ly/yfhsan), read partially on the air yesterday, my concern with this product has never been
the ammonia hydroxide.
Consumers need to understand that this product is meat, period, and that the use of
ammonia hydroxide in minute amounts during processing improves the safety of the product and is routinely used throughout the food industry.
Inside a third machine the material was treated with
ammonia hydroxide gas to eliminate bacteria.
Not exact matches
Used as a filler for ground beef, it is made from fatty trimmings that are more susceptible to contamination than other cuts of beef, and are therefore sprayed with ammonium
hydroxide -
ammonia mixed with water - to remove pathogens such as salmonella and E.coli.
When BPI argues that use of BLBT «increases the safety of products» it seems to be coming dangerously close to making the claim that by mixing the
ammonia -
hydroxide - treated substance into regular ground beef, its mere presence reduces pathogens in the rest of the product.
Well, in point of fact, the undisclosed presence of
ammonia -
hydroxide - treated bovine connective tissues in 70 % of the nation's ground beef is hardly a «myth.»
Bettina, it's interesting that you would have your child order a cheeseburger «extra cheese and hold the beef» when the CHEESE also has ammonium
hydroxide (the PROPER term for «
ammonia») lol.
As far as
ammonia in our foods; it's NOT household
ammonia that is used in any food manufacturing process; it's a chemical called ammonium
hydroxide (which, I guess, from what I've read is found naturally occuring in lots of things, including human beings).
Ammonium
Hydroxide GAS is used in this process NOT household
ammonia!
The
ammonia reacts with water to form ammonium
hydroxide, which makes any nearby calcium precipitate out as calcium carbonate crystals, or limestone.
Ammonium
hydroxide forms when
ammonia dissolves in water.