FCPS: So Long, 'Pink Slime'
As national outcry over ammonia-treated beef continues, county schools say they'll replace hamburgers served in schools next month.
Amidst a national outcry over U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to purchase ammonia-treated ground beef for national school lunch programs, Fairfax County Public Schools has plans of its own to kiss the substance — dubbed "pink slime" — goodbye. While FCPS does not receive beef products from the USDA, schools spokesman John Torre said the beef patties sold to county schools by another vendor do contain Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB), the "waste" meat and fat that is often ground and turned into processed meat products or combined with higher quality meat to make low-fat ground beef. Because beef trim is often filled with E. Coli and salmonella, it's treated with ammonium hydroxide, creating "pink slime," a term coined by some …
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Kaja Milutinovic
8:57 am on Tuesday, March 27, 2012
I agree!! Choices should be left to the consumer. I am however very discouraged with the lack of creditablity of the entire system from the USDA all the way to the actual manufacturers to the grocery stores that sell this stuff. It makes me wonder if all the organic items I buy daily are really organic. more ›