Giant Food Stores and Weis Markets announced today that it will no longer purchase fresh ground beef containing finely textured beef, a filler that’s been dubbed as “pink slime.”
In recent weeks, the cheap meat filler has made headlines after social media exploded with worry. An online petition initiated by The Lunch Tray blogger Bettina Siegel quickly garnered more than 247,000 signatures.
The ingredient is made from fatty bits of meat left over from other cuts that are then heated to about 100 degrees and spun to remove most of the fat. The lean mix then is compressed into blocks for use in ground meat and exposed to ammonium hydroxide gas to kill e Coli and salmonella… (more)
