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.»
An ABC News report reveals that the Under Secretary of Agriculture, Joann Smith, who approved
the use of ammonia treated sludge in ground beef products as a substitute to counter skyrocketing costs of beef later received a high paying job in the beef industry.
Then you bemoan
the use of ammonia which has been used in the food industry widely for years.
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.
Earlier this year, public outcry erupted over
the use of ammonia - treated beef that critics called «pink slime» in ground beef.
Implementing process safety management and risk management program plans developed to ensure the safe and proper
use of ammonia refrigeration systems.
Not exact matches
The biologist argued that the additive in question — which is created by
using a centrifuge to spin off muscle meat from layers
of fat and then treating it with
ammonia — was not real ground beef.
Just put a cup
of ammonia in a bowl along with what ever you want to clean, and
use a twist tie to seal the bag.
During the conversion
of conventionally grown cotton into apparel and textiles, many hazardous materials are
used during processing and screen - printing, including dyes, silicone waxes, harsh petroleum scours, softeners, heavy metals, flame retardants,
ammonia, formaldehyde, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC in screen printing)-- to just name a few.
I can not get the
ammonia in time to bake these can I just
use the same amount
of baking powder?
Then after months
of using Tide my son started to have horrible
ammonia stink in his morning diapers.
There have been contaminations with e coli and salmonella, citations
of BPI plants, suspension
of use of BPI's products in school lunches, and problems with the levels
of ammonia in the product over the past several years.
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.
In the case
of ammonium phosphate,
used as a leavening agent in baking, she said the heat during baking causes the gas to evaporate so no
ammonia is left in the product.
I had to
use 3 packets on three separate cycles to get the
ammonia smell out
of my diapers, and I probably only needed one if I
used the right directions.
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.
You can buy a rust removing product, or try
using dish soap, or a mixture
of tbsp
ammonia and 2 cups water.
What does trouble me is BPI's
use of a raw material which by its very nature is highly pathogenic, such that we all might be endangered in the case
of human error (as when BPI's
ammonia system stopped working for sixty seconds in 2009, leading to 26,000 + pounds
of infected meat)(http://nyti.ms/56MIYK) or a new strain
of E coli — not part
of BPI's admirably advanced testing protocol — emerges (as one did in Germany last summer, killing 345 and sickening 3,700 +.)
Guess what lady... CHEMICALS ARE
USED ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU
USE TODAY — AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU EAT HAS HAD SOME KIND
OF CHEMICAL
USED IN IT TO PRESERVE, STERILIZE, OR TREAT IN SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM... from acids to
ammonia (it's in your body!!!! As a pH balance... it really is!).
According to the Times, last year an estimated 5.5 million pounds
of the
ammonia - treated beef was
used in the National School Lunch Program, in part because — big surprise — it's cheaper than other ground beef.
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).
BPI injects a mixture
of cooking oil and fatty beef trimmings (formerly
used for pet food) with
ammonia in an attempt to remove E. coli and salmonella.
This was the case also since 2008 when BPI was still
using the method in question and seeing if they could lower
ammonia gas level so as to eliminate the
ammonia smell, once they did that the alkalinity
of the product was lowered and hence the cases
of salmonella increased, hence the NSLP did not purchase.
I bought some
used cloth diapers and after a couple
of washes they started to smell
of ammonia.
Use your utensil to agitate your diapers, making sure the
Ammonia Bouncer reaches every part
of your diapers.
I was now
using a brand
of eco friendly laundry detergent that we found at Sam's Club to wash my diapers in an attempt to keep them free and clear from all this
ammonia buildup.
High efficiency (HE) washing machines often don't
use enough water to truly rinse out those thick, absorbent inserts
of all the
ammonia that urine can deposit, so adding rinses and soaks before and after a wash is usually necessary.
Over the two weeks I washed my diapers a total
of 4 times and for each load
of washing with this unit I
used an
ammonia test kit to test for levels
of ammonia in my diapers before and after
using Laundry Pure.
(and apparently the manufacturers have been made aware people are
using it this way and they were appalled) Stripping is done to get rid
of buildup
of detergent,
ammonia, stink issues, etc..
Using tools such as Twitter and the threat
of spending boycotts, consumers and activists pressured retailers to abandon Beef Products Inc's
ammonia - treated lean, finely textured beef.
«We get some people that try to
use a cup or more
of RNG, we have had some try way too little - like a teaspoon, we have had people wash with bottled
ammonia, we have had the «home chemist» who tries to add in vinegar and baking soda together, we have people try to make their own soap and end up with repelling, we have had people who wetpail with chemical concoctions 24/7, we have people that refuse to rinse, people that rinse 10 times each wash, we get the people who stuff their machine to the brim and then get upset when diapers are still dry in the middle
of the drum, we have had people washing in the dishwasher, we have had people try fish
ammonia remover... we could go on and on!»
He asked if people would buy hamburgers if they knew BPI
used ammonia «to clean it up,» and spoke
of the awful smell
of the filler material.
Observations by Williams and colleagues at Cardiff University and the University
of Manchester,
using the Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA) and the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), have now captured the effects
of gravity on
ammonia gas moving within the SDC13 system.
It brought about a global revolution in agriculture — today, crops grown
using ammonia - based fertilisers feed no less than 48 per cent
of the planet.
In India, a broad increase in fertilizer
use coupled with large contributions from livestock waste have resulted in the world's highest concentrations
of atmospheric
ammonia.
Currently, 2 per cent
of the world's energy is consumed making
ammonia,
using the energy - intensive Haber process.
But the Miller - Urey results were later questioned: It turns out that the gases he
used (a reactive mixture
of methane and
ammonia) did not exist in large amounts on early Earth.
The hydrogen
used in making
ammonia and other industrial reactions is produced mainly through steam reformation
of methane over nickel catalysts.
To demonstrate one potential
use of the nanoparticles, the research team
used them as advanced catalysts for
ammonia oxidation, which is a key step in the production
of nitric acid (a liquid acid that is
used in the production
of ammonium nitrate for fertilizers, making plastics, and in the manufacturing
of dyes).
The second
uses various forms
of chemistry — in the form
of amine or
ammonia scrubbers, special membranes or ionic liquids — to pull carbon dioxide out
of a more mixed set
of exhaust gases.
But interest is growing in new production processes that
use renewable energy (see «Grab
ammonia out
of thin air for fuel
of the future «-RRB-.
Hepatic encephalopathy occurs when the liver can not remove certain toxins and chemicals, such as
ammonia, from the blood.1 These toxins and chemicals then build up and enter the brain.1 Hepatic encephalopathy is one
of the major complications
of cirrhosis (scarring
of the liver), and a leading cause
of hospital re-admission due to its recurrence, despite treatment.1 It can occur suddenly in people with acute liver failure, but is seen more often in those with chronic liver disease.1 Symptoms
of hepatic encephalopathy include mild confusion, forgetfulness, poor concentration and personality or mood changes, but can progress to extreme anxiety, seizures, severe confusion, jumbled and slurred speech and slow movement.1 The first step in treatment is to identify and treat any factors that cause hepatic encephalopathy.2 Once the episode has resolved, further treatment aims to reduce the production and absorption
of toxins, such as
ammonia.1 Generally, there are two types
of medication
used to reduce the likelihood
of another hepatic encephalopathy episode — lactulose and rifaximin.2 However, it remains a leading cause
of hospitalisations and re-hospitalisations in cirrhotic patients, despite the
use of the above - mentioned standard
of care treatment.
But unlike many
of the industries capitalizing on the low price
of natural gas,
ammonia producers don't
use it primarily as a fuel source.
Process technology has improved steadily in the past 60 years, and since the 1970s, when most existing facilities were built, the amount
of energy
used per ton
of ammonia (as both feed and fuel) has decreased about 30 percent.
But
ammonia plants also produce anhydrous
ammonia, ammonium nitrate (the compound that caused last week's explosion in Texas), ammonium sulfate, UAN (urea ammonium nitrate solution) and other forms
of ammonia used in agricultural and industrial applications — none
of which
use the leftover CO2.
Although measured amounts
of ammonia delivered through drinking water proved non-toxic to mice, its direct
use as a cardiovascular intervention would not always be practical.
When
ammonia plants first came online in the 1940s, most
used water as their source
of hydrogen; energy - intensive electrolysis decoupled the hydrogen and oxygen.
No
ammonia plants — which produce 90 percent
of the fertilizer
used worldwide — have broken ground in the U.S. in more than 20 years.
And that doesn't take into account the supply chain
of natural gas production, energy - related emissions in the production process, fertilizer application (and misapplication) or industrial
use of urea and other
ammonia products.
Wang's research group designed a five - metal catalyst based on these high - entropy - alloy nanoparticles and demonstrated superior catalytic performance for selective oxidation
of ammonia to nitrogen oxide, a reaction
used by the chemical industry to produce nitric acid, an important chemical in the large - scale production
of fertilizers and other products.