Pink slime is a meat by-product used as a food additive to ground beef and beef- based ... The lean finely textured beef is added to ground beef as a filler or to  reduce the ... found no safety concern in the product or in ground beef containing  it. ... "The scientists said they had used the term 'pink slime' to describe the  product, ...
Apr 12, 2012 ... To show his support for the beef product known by critics as "pink slime," Texas  Gov. ... saying that the meat product is safe: "Lean, finely textured beef is the  proper name, and it is a safe, widely used product," Black said. ... as E. coli that  could make someone ill if a raw product were not cooked thoroughly.
Apr 6, 2012 ... Since early March 2012, the use of lean finely textured beef (LFTB) in the U.S.  ground beef ... LFTB in the media as “pink slime” raised the product's “yuck” factor  and implied ... choice of whether to buy ground beef with LFTB or not. ... food  safety advocates who believe BPI was a food safety innovator have ...
Mar 12, 2012 ... Where does Lean Finely Textured Beef come from? ... The LFTB process begins  by separating most of the fat from the beef. ... It is used as a pH control agent in  brine solutions for meat products, and .... Just use real beef and keep it real. ....  not to put a name to any additive on any label on any product that is ...
Mar 22, 2012 ... The process used to produce LFTB is safe and has been used for a very long  time. ... 'Pink Slime' is the name of the first short story written about the subject. ...  pink slime, or a more pretty word, Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB). ..... No  words like "treated" or "ammonia" or "by-product" or "filler" in the name, ...
Lean, finely textured beef is the proper name [not pink slime], and it is a safe, widely used product.