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“Pink Slime” is becoming popular discussion nowadays with more people who decided to hands-off ground beef. This is an issue to affect not only beef shops all-over America, but also to fast food chains and every commercial establishments selling or using meat and ground beef products with or without this controversial meat filler.
The term “pink slime” was coined by Gerald Zirnstein in 2002, a former Food Safety and Inspection Service microbiologist who stood up against filling ground beef with meat stretchers to increase profit among meat businessmen and to lessen the cost of ground beef. The product refers to low grade beef trimmings which are scraped from the bones of cattle added with some parts from the spine, rectum, and some intestinal tissues. After the trimmings are mixed it will further be sprayed with ammonia to kill the pathogens that can cause bacterial problems among consumers.
Due to media outbreak, the term “pink slime” seemed to be included in the country’s vocabulary. Meat buyers are rejecting it, and the producers continually battle in reason—that their beef is safe for everyone. Recently, governors from America’s largest meat producing states toured the meat processing plant of Beef Products Inc. which is the main producer of the meat filler. They defended the company by giving statements that critics have been unfair for scaring consumers, since the beef was processed to be leaner which is actually good for the health. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy and South Dakota Lt. Gov. Matt Michels who went to the plant, ate some burgers from the processed meat and agreed that the product is safe and healthy.
“Pink Slime,” being safe of not, the decision will still come from the meat buyers who consume the meat and would be directly affected of its health effects. In this generation where food products are generally industrialized, cost and heath benefits seldom meet, people have the choice. And for those who think of health first, organic is still the best option.
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