Sentences with phrase «lean pink slime»

Or if the roll says 100 % lean ground beef, then why should we not believe it is 100 % lean pink slime?

When we see a roll of ground beef on the shelf and it says 70 % lean, does that mean that it contains 70 % lean pink slime and 30 % fatty unadulterated meat?

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

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The 257 - page lawsuit argues that the term «pink slime» is pejorative, preferring the phrase «finely textured lean beef» to describe a product that is essentially scraped from animal carcasses.

Before signing off, I wanted to share a few links related to yesterday's remarkably high - wattage press conference, arranged by BPI yesterday to defend its lean, finely textured beef, also known as «pink slime:»

The beef product known as «pink slime» or lean finely textured beef is frozen on large drums as part of the manufacturing process at the Beef Products Inc. plant in South Sioux City, Nebraska March 29, 2012.

The petition, titled «Tell U.S.D.A. to stop using pink slime in school food,» garnered more than 200,000 signatures within nine days and prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to change its policy on using Lean Finely Textured Beef in the ground beef served in schools.

BPI claimed that ABC harmed its reputation and cost sales by mischaracterizing its «lean finely textured beef» as «pink slime» in reports aired in March and April 2012.

(Repeating story from earlier Monday) * Prices of lean beef trimmings soar * Meat processors race to find LFTB replacement * Loss of «pink slime» fuels imports of lean beef trimmings By Michael Hirtzer and P.J. Huffstutter WESTERN SPRINGS, Illinois, May 14 (Reuters)- Behind the glass meat counter at Casey's Market in a Chicago suburb, the butchers pick up their blades and carry on a generations - old tradition.

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.

«We have never used lean finely textured beef (pink slime) because it doesn't meet our high quality standards,» Wendy's spokesman Bob Bertini told Reuters.

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.»

Which brings us to «pink slime,» or «lean, finely textured beef,» depending on whether you have skin in the latest controversy over processed food that's all the rage in social media circles.

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..

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

I spoke this morning with Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree's office and was pleased to learn that she has now submitted her sign - on letter to USDA with the signatures of 41 Congressional representatives, all of whom support the request expressed in our Change.org petition that USDA ban all use of Lean Beef Trimmings, aka «pink slime» in ground beef destined for the National School Lunch Program.

Readers who've long been following the beef industry's response to the controversy surrounding lean finely textured beef (LFTB, commonly known as «pink slime») will remember the first website and Twitter hash tag marshaled in defense of the product: «pinkslimeisamyth.»

In support of its position, the Times applauds Cargill's recent decision to voluntarily label lean finely textured beef or LFTB — dubbed «pink slime» — in its ground beef products, after the company's consumer research found that «consumers «overwhelmingly» wanted the products clearly labeled.»

Beef Products Inc., maker of lean, finely textured beef (aka LFTB and commonly referred to as «pink slime») has announced this morning that it is filing a state court defamation lawsuit against ABC News arising out of the network's coverage of the... [Continue reading]

The story features my successful Change.org petition in 2012 regarding the use of lean, finely textured beef (aka «pink slime») in school food, and goes on to discuss subsequent petition campaigns on food - related issues.

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.»

Back in September, Beef Products Inc. (BPI), the manufacturer of «lean, finely textured beef» (LFTB, also known as «pink slime»), served me with a subpoena in connection with its pending defamation lawsuit in South Dakota state court.

A: No sooner did the furor over lean, finely textured beef (a.k.a. «pink slime») die down than we have another one over sushi tuna.

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.

Beef Products Inc., the nation's largest manufacturer of «pink slime» — aka lean finely textured beef — is suspending production of the product at three of four plants after major retailers said they would stop stocking it.

As you have probably heard by now, the food scandal «du jour» has to do with «pink slime», also known as mechanically - separated meat (or, when made by Beef Products Inc., «Boneless Beef Lean Trimmings»).

I don't think I've ever been the target of a concerted lobbying campaign before, but efforts to restore the public image of pink slime — a.k.a. Lean Finely Textured Beef — have even gotten to me.

(To put this figure in perspective, my successful 2012 Change.org petition regarding lean, finely textured beef, aka «pink slime,» had around 225,000 signatures when USDA took action, and I closed the petition at around 259,000 signatures.)

Bravo to Congresswoman Chellie Pingree of Maine, an early and vocal supporter of my effort to get lean, finely textured beef, commonly referred to as «pink slime» out of school food.

Here's a photo of Lean Textured Beef (aka «pink slime») that's been widely circulated in recent days by the product's manufacturer, Beef Products Inc..

Bettina, just wanted to let you know that, thanks ENTIRELY to you and your petition to take pink slime (YOUR WORDS) outta school lunches, I now dread going to work — thinking «this may be my last day of work at BPI», a company I've beem proud to work for for the past 10 years; a company that has taken recycling to the utmost heights (recycling lean beef trimmings to separate out the fat and reuse the remaining protein as a suppliment to other processed meats (such as hamburger, sausage, etc) and which customers, such as McDonald's, had WILLINGLY purchased in order to stretch their purchase dollars to give us consumers more value for our buck.

But I thought it was worth updating you on the progress of our petition seeking to end the use of Beef Products Inc.'s Lean Beef Trimmings (aka «pink slime») in the National School Lunch Program.

The USDA's announcement on Thursday that school districts will be able to opt out of an ammonium - hydroxide treated ground beef filler known as both Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB) and «pink slime» is not exactly inspiring confidence.

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.

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.

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.

Exactly three weeks to the day after starting my Change.org petition asking USDA to remove lean, finely textured beef («LFTB,» aka, «pink slime») from the ground beef used in school food, I've decided we've reached an appropriate juncture to close the petition.

I'm not Becky, but here is a direct quote from an earlier comment by Bettina: «Bill Marler, one of the nation's leading food safety lawyers, has publicly praised Beef Products Inc. (manufacturer of lean, finely textured beef, commonly known as «pink slime») for leading the industry with its advanced E. coli testing.

In his complaint, Mr. Smith claimed to have suffered the negligent infliction of emotional distress due to the loss of his job at BPI last May, a job loss which he alleged arose out the controversy over lean, finely textured beef (more popularly known as «pink slime»).

I hope that, in time, you and other consumers will be able to get past the portrayal of LFTB as an unhealthy pink slime product and realize that it is lean beef.

One, is that «leaner» ground beef (ie containing less fat) is always priced higher than ground beef containing more fat product, which is the opposite of what pink slime is, no?

The beef industry is pushing back hard in the last few days against opposition to Lean Beef Trimmings, better known as «pink slime.»

For much of March and April, The Lunch Tray was dominated by the issue of «lean finely textured beef,» i.e., a beef filler made from heated and ammoniated slaughterhouse scraps and popularly referred to as «pink slime.»

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.

As many of you know, in March, 2012 I launched on The Lunch Tray a Change.org petition seeking to remove lean, finely textured beef («LFTB,» more widely known as «pink slime») from the ground beef procured by the USDA for the National School Lunch Program.

The jury will have to decide if the network and its reporter defamed the product known within the meat industry as lean finely textured beef by repeatedly referring to it as «pink slime» in numerous reports beginning in March 7, 2012.

You have to hand it to BPI (Beef Products Inc), the producer of «Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB)» — a.k.a. «pink slime.»

On direct examination Wednesday, Brashears offered her testimony as one of the top beef safety experts in nation, saying the lean finely textured beef produced in 2012 by Dakota Dunes - based Beef Products Inc. (BPI) was «definitely meat and definitely beef» and that it was not «pink slime.»