It was recently announced that the USDA has a contract to buy 7 million pounds of the pink slime for the school lunch program. This isn’t new; the USDA has been buying this pink slime meat filler for the school lunch program for children since at least 2005.
http://food-safety.knoji.com/pink-slime-in-our-food-and-school-lunches-for-children/
The “slime” consists of beef by-products: cow intestines, connective tissue and other parts that are not used in traditional beef cuts.
Those parts are more susceptible to E. coli and salmonella contamination, so the last ingredient to the “pink slime” is ammonium hydroxide, which kills that bacteria.
McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and Burger King all decided in January they would stop using the “pink slime” in their food after pressure from celebrity chef Jamie Oliver
/http://apollokidz.com/misc/pink-slime-good-enough-for-school-meals-not-mcdonalds/
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