Considered by the beef industry to be an impressive innovation, - TopicsExpress



          

Considered by the beef industry to be an impressive innovation, lean finely textured beef is made from the remnant scraps of cattle carcasses that were once deemed too fatty to go into human food. The scraps are heated and centrifuged to reclaim bits of muscle and then the product is treated with ammonium hydroxide to kill bacteria like Salmonella and E. coli before being mixed into ground beef. Currently, USDA allows these beef products to contain up to 15 percent lean finely textured beef without labeling requirements, but last year the department said it would allow voluntary labeling. Read more: politico/story/2013/09/pink-slime-school-lunches-96502.html#ixzz2eY
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 03:16:18 +0000

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