In his original post on The Daily, David Knowles reported that «USDA... plans to buy 7 million pounds
of Lean Beef Trimmings from BPI in the coming months for the national school lunch program,» and I and other media outlets shared the same information, i.e., that a purchase of slime per se was in the works.
Parents and other consumers are voicing loud opposition to the unlabeled use
of Lean Beef Trimmings in ground beef, and schools and stores around the country are obviously listening and changing their practices.
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.
(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.
Not exact matches
«As a byproduct
of our cut
trimming operation, we offer fresh
beef trimmings in a variety
of fat - to -
lean ratios to meet our customers» specifications.»
Food inspection technology, featuring DEXA, provides a non-invasive and highly - accurate inline method
of measuring the chemical
lean (CL)
of meat
trimmings and ground
beef.
I did use a very nice cut
of Angus
beef that was very
lean with most
of the fat
trimmed at my local butcher.
Generally,
lean boneless roasts, such as short - loin, rib eye and round will normally give four 3 - ounce portions
of cooked,
trimmed beef for each pound.
BPI is the largest U.S. producer
of lean finely textured
beef, a low - fat product made from chunks
of beef including
trimmings, and exposed to tiny bursts
of ammonium hydroxide to kill E. coli bacteria and other contaminants.
The
lean beef trimmings from Beef Products Inc. are at the center of a national deb
beef trimmings from
Beef Products Inc. are at the center of a national deb
Beef Products Inc. are at the center
of a national debate.
Last night I was interviewed for the lead story on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, in which Senior National Correspondent Jim Avila reported that several major grocery chains will discontinue the sale
of ground
beef containing Lean Beef Trimmi
beef containing
Lean Beef Trimmi
Beef Trimmings.
Lunch Tray readers following the astonishing progress
of the Change.org petition launched here last week to get «Boneless
Lean Beef Trimmings» (BLBT) out of school food (175,000 at present count) will hardly be surprised that the beef industry has started to come out swing
Beef Trimmings» (BLBT) out
of school food (175,000 at present count) will hardly be surprised that the
beef industry has started to come out swing
beef industry has started to come out swinging.
There has been a lot
of misinformation swirling around the Internet and on TV about
lean beef trim produced by Beef Products, I
beef trim produced by
Beef Products, I
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.
What happens is: Boneless
lean beef trimmings receive a puff
of ammonia to eliminate bacteria safely and effectively.
While I am TOTALLY with you on Pink Slime a.k.a. «
Beef Lean Trimmings,» that picture is
of chicken ground up, bones and all, to make chicken nuggets.
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.
For the first time, USDA is offering schools a choice
of pre-made patties which contain
Lean Beef Trimmings, and bulk beef without
Beef Trimmings, and bulk
beef without
beef without it.
A decade later, BPI was the first to commercially sell
lean finely textured ground
beef using a technique
of his devising that separated the meat from fatty
trimmings.
Parents freaked out after reports surfaced last week that school districts around the country were serving kids hamburgers containing up to 15 percent
of the processed product known in the meat industry as «
Lean Finely Textured
Beef» or «
Lean Beef Trimmings,» produced by
Beef Products Inc..
Lean Trimmed Red Meat: one
of the reasons why it's so important eat red meat is because it is so high in nutrients, and in fact
beef has higher concentrations
of protein and creatine than many other foods.
March 15, 2012 • The U.S. Department
of Agriculture said it believes
beef trimmings known officially as «Lean Finely Textured Beef» are safe to
beef trimmings known officially as «
Lean Finely Textured
Beef» are safe to
Beef» are safe to eat.