Sentences with phrase «called pink slime»

May 7 (Reuters)- Tyson Foods Inc's quarterly profit beat Wall Street estimates even after the controversy over so - called pink slime decimated U.S. beef demand, sending the meat processor's shares up 4 percent on Monday.

The debate over the use of so - called pink slime in ground beef, what industry refers to as lean finely textured beef, is heating up.

* Q2 EPS 44 cents tops Wall St estimate of 39 cents / shr * Sales $ 8.27 bln miss analysts» estimate of $ 8.49 bln * Could still earn $ 2 per share in fiscal 2012 * Shares up 4 pct (Recasts, adds executive comments, updates share price) By Martinne Geller May 7 (Reuters)- Tyson Foods Inc's quarterly profit beat Wall Street estimates even after the controversy over so - called pink slime decimated U.S. beef demand, sending the meat processor's shares up 4 percent on Monday.

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.

The chain, which serves flash - frozen patties made with 100 percent USDA - inspected beef, touts them as free from «preservatives, fillers, extenders, and so - called pink slime.»

The defatted beef trimmings that are processed into what critics call pink slime also end up in much of the ground beef sold in supermarkets.

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BPI alleges that ABC misled viewers by calling «lean finely textured beef» (LFTB) «pink slime.»

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.

Earlier this year, public outcry erupted over the use of ammonia - treated beef that critics called «pink slime» in ground beef.

Hoping to avoid the fallout over the use of «pink slime» in ground beef, the American Meat Institute hosted an hour - long conference call on Thursday with representatives of Ajinomoto North America and Fibrimex, the two companies that manufacture the enzymes.

The USDA says next year schools will have the option to procure ground beef that does not contain mechanically separated and chemically treated meat products that critics call «pink slime.»

* Defamation lawsuit moves to South Dakota state court * Beef Products says ABC reports hurt reputation, sales * ABC News plans to seek dismissal of $ 1.2 billion lawsuit By Jonathan Stempel June 12 (Reuters)- A South Dakota meat processor that sued ABC News over a series of reports that called its signature product «pink slime» has won the right to move its $ 1.2 billion defamation and product disparagement lawsuit back to the state court where it began.

«They called it «pink slime,» and we're in the communications age where things just fly.

McDonald's and other companies, for example, stopped using ammonium hydroxide, sometimes called «pink slime,» in burger patties in February.

After critics highlighted the product on social media websites and showed unappetizing photos on television, calling it «pink slime,» the nation's leading fast - food chains and supermarkets spurned the product, even though U.S. public health officials deem it safe to eat.

June 12 (Reuters)- A South Dakota meat processor that sued ABC News over a series of reports that called its signature product «pink slime» has won the right to move its $ 1.2 billion defamation and product disparagement lawsuit back to the state court where it began.

This week, Beef Products Inc. announced the temporary shutdown of three of its four plants that produce an inexpensive, chemically treated recovered beef product the government calls «lean finely textured beef» but opponents have dubbed «pink slime.

The nation's second - largest hamburger chain is the latest company to join the public relations war over so - called «pink slime» — an ammonia - treated beef filler product that the meat industry calls «finely textured beef» — that is at the center of one of the biggest U.S. food fights in recent history.

The nation's second - largest hamburger chain is the latest company to join the public relations war over so - called «pink slime» — an ammonia - treated beef filler product that the meat industry calls...

The USDA doesn't call the meat product in question «pink slime» but rather «Lean Finely Textured Beef.»

Lean finely textured beef, called «pink slime» by critics, is frozen on large drums as part of the manufacturing process at a plant in South Sioux City, Neb..

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.

* Defamation lawsuit moves to South Dakota state court * Beef Products says ABC reports hurt reputation, sales * ABC News plans to seek dismissal of $ 1.2 billion lawsuit By Jonathan Stempel June 12 (Reuters)- A South Dakota meat processor that sued ABC News over a series of reports that called its signature product «pink slime» has won the right to move its $ 1.2 billion defamation and product disparagement lawsuit back to the state court where it...

I do agree that calling it «pink slime» is just as misleading as saying «lean finely textured beef».

Even when Avila was giving the few words to the company's side, he still called it «pink slime.»

Odd that Family Circle didn't even mention this monumental accomplishment, only that you successfully used name - calling tactics («pink slime!»)

Calling LFTB «pink slime» presents a massive public relations problem.

As I stated earlier, I have personally visited their plant and the categorization of calling their product «pink slime» is completely false and incendiary.

PR reps of the American Meat Institute, employees of Beef Products Inc. (the inventor of BLBT) and others with ties to the beef industry are now all over Twitter defending so - called «pink slime» with the hashtag #pinkslimeisamyth.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will give schools alternatives to ground beef made with what critics have called «pink slime.»

My parents who are 82 and 89 also have been consuming your so called death monger «pink slime.»

I also wanted to share this screen from beefproducts.com own video called «Ammonia in Foods» that shows how they need to raise the pH from 6 to 11 to combat E. coli in «pink slime», 5 pH units = 100,000 fold increase in alkalinity (since it's a log scale) http://oi40.tinypic.com/2zishfk.jpg

VT FEED's Rosenbluth suggested it's an ethical decision to not buy the so - called «pink slime» ground beef from factory farms «that's really cheap, that we're competing against, that doesn't excite kids or help Vermont farmers.»

The past week's pink slime blow - up was likely a wake up call for many Americans unfamiliar with Big Food's sway over the contents of our food supply.

Bettina KEEPS calling it «pink slime» — keeping the incorrect term out there for it to settle in the subconscious minds of uninvormed viewers.

Only three weeks after launching my Change.org petition asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to stop the use of so - called «pink slime» (or lean, finely textured beef — «LFTB») in ground beef destined for school food, we've seen some truly extraordinary changes take place.

In the piece, Ms. Donley criticizes the Change.org petition I started to remove so - called «pink slime» in school food.

The recent furor over so - called «pink slime» beef filler underscores how social media have given activists and consumers a powerful weapon to influence that process.

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

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will give schools alternatives to ground beef made with what critics have called «pink slime.»

The Daily says pink slime, or what the USDA is calling «lean beef trimmings,» was ushered through with «minimal safety approval,» and the product is «high risk.»

It was a call that led to hundreds of millions of dollars for Beef Products Inc., the makers of pink slime,» wrote ABC.

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.

Call or email the superintendent of your school district and let them know you'd rather not have pink slime in your child's lunch.