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Thursday, September 13, 2012

(Poll) 'Pink Slime' Coverage Leads to Billion-Dollar Defamation Lawsuit Against ABC News, Diane Sawyer and Others

Beef Products Inc. has filed a defamation lawsuit against ABC News stemming from coverage of a meat product called "finely textured beef."

Who can forget a memorable term like "pink slime," which critics used to describe "lean, finely textured beef," an inexpensive filler used to stretch ground beef found commonly in grocery stores and restaurants? Media outlets jumped on the story – and the term. Businesses around Iowa and beyond such as Hy-Vee pulled the meat from their shelves, restaurants and schools stopped serving it, and Beef Products Inc., the processor of the meat, closed its Cedar Valley plant which cost 650 jobs. Two companies won't soon be forgetting the term. BPI of South Dakota has filed a billion dollar defamation lawsuit against ABC News, anchor Diane Sawyer and others. The lawsuit claims the network misled consumers into believing the product is unhealthy and…

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Patch Poll: Lean Finely Textured Beef or "Pink Slime" - How Do You Feel? and Beef Product Inc. Will Close Waterloo Plant; 650 Jobs Will Be Lost Across Region (in Cedar Falls Patch)

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Bill

12:15 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Since when is mainstream media truthful? Frankly it's amazing they reported something that wasn't a gov approved story.   more ›

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Patch Poll: Lean Finely Textured Beef or "Pink Slime" - How Do You Feel?

The term "pink slime," given to a product actually known as lean finely textured beef, created an uproar of concerned omnivores. Now there's an equal uproar in defense of the product. What do you think?

In under a week an inexpensive beef product used as a filler to stretch packets of ground beef has gone from public food enemy number one to a darling of industry and government. The beef product, called lean finely textured beef but nicknamed "pink slime" by activists, consists of scraps of meat left over from other cuts. Many of the fears around it centered on the fact it is treated with a puff of ammonia hydroxide to kill E. Coli and other bacteria. Many other commonly consumed food products, however, are also treated the same way. After fears about the safety of the product were raised, many stores, including Hy-Vee, pulled it from their shelves. Suffering sales led a major producer, Beef Products Inc., to suspend operation at plants …

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Hy-Vee, College Square (in Cedar Falls Patch)

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Tonto

7:46 pm on Sunday, April 1, 2012

have I been "debunked"? how's that fake birth certificate workin for ya?   more ›

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