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Pink Slime And The Modern Jungle, K. Green, K. Valentine Cadieux, J. Guthman, M. Nestle
Pink Slime And The Modern Jungle, K. Green, K. Valentine Cadieux, J. Guthman, M. Nestle
K. Valentine Cadieux
As widely reported (and covered by The Society Pages’ Sociological Images), it took less than two months after an ABC News report about the use of “pink slime” in grocery store beef for manufacturer Beef Products Incorporated to close three of its plants. The industry came under intense scrutiny about this “lean finely texture beef” (LFTB) being used as an additive in 70% of ground beef in the U.S. Critics have pointed out that the product is in our school lunches, while defenders, including a bipartisan group of politicians and high ranking members of the USDA, have claimed the …