For nearly $1 million dollars in campaign contributions you can get a politician to do just about anything - so why not feed them 100% ammonia treated pink slime - heck if ammonia is so natural - why not have a glass with their burger ... then i'll be convinced I should be eating pink slime. Read this: http://www.unifiedlifestyle.com/blog/2012/04/01/the-war-on-slime-%E2%80%A6-beef-producer-crying-over-spilt-bilk/#respond
The problem is that it was "snuck" into our food products and we really didn't understand that it was in there. Now that is slimy--the pun is fully intended. If the food industry continues to be given a pass on what it wants to do by the government oversight organizations, then in the future there will be even more horrific discoveries of what is being put in our food. How do we know what pink slime is made from--I'm sure that in time, meat from any and every source will begin to be used in it, including human flesh. It's a slippery,slimy slope from pink slime to soylent green. It might already be happening from all the meat scraps purchased from overseas. Who knows what is in those containers? Does it every get a close inspection? Beyond that, more and more evidence indicates that all meat is unhealthful, and there is really no good reason to eat it at all, except that we are reluctant to change our ways and very resistant to giving up what we are accustomed to. The best way to protect yourself from the horrors of the meat industry is to stop eating it. You'll feel better, avoid serious illnesses of many types, help the environment, and last but not least, spare the torture and suffering of billions of animals.
Pink Slime is the name of my short story that has reporter Digger Cavanaugh investigating Pink Slime. It is a fictional tale that uses real facts and the outcome is not what you would expect. Go to pinkslime dot US for eBook availability. As discussed in Pink Slime, the issue is less about the safety of the beef and more about government paternalism and lack of transparency. But it may be more insidious. The WTO is controlling our packaging laws and just perhaps progressive vegans and environmentalists want the negative connotations to continue so as to 'protect the environment' and 'nudge' people away from methane producing beef.
As an author, am I biased? Yes. I have three head of grass fed Highland/Angus cattle on my property because I want to know what's in my beef and I don't trust government to be honest with us. Is the story biased? I strive for objectivity. I'll let you decide if I succeeded. This is the first story in the Muckraker Series, which I plan to use to expose numerous media-untouched topics. much like The Carbon Series exposes the potential disaster of mankind's attempts to control CO2 going awry and threatening all life on Earth.
The reason that pink slime is so heavily treated with nasty chemicals is to kill the fecal pathogens.
So what these Republican politicians (supposedly) are eating is stuff that the slaughterhouse knows has extras loads of cow manure in it, but in order to make it 'safe', they've run it through some processes that kill the bugs in the manure.
The fact that you can make cow manure 'safe' to eat doesn't mean that I want it in my food, or in my local school's lunchroom.
I don't know what the problem is. I spray ammonia on all my foods to make sure I stay healthy. Seriously? Anyone want power as bad as those freaks. I buy locally raised beef from a single cow butchered locally. The chuck roast is better than any filet mignon ribeye or porterhouse that I have had at any steakhouse. And I have been around. There is no comparison between the hamburger I get and the crap they sell at any fast food.
Just label truthfully and the public will decide. Given a choice I don't want to eat it. I'm sorry about the jobs but that's not enough reason to allow them to keep selling this ammonia treated scrapped beef.
You know Pink Slime is BAD for you if even McDonald's no longer supposedly doesn't allow it in their burgers anymore. If these governors are trying to suggest that Pink Slime is perfectly safe...shouldn't they have eaten 100% Pink Slime meat.
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http://www.unifiedlifestyle.com/blog/2012/04/01/the-war-on-slime-%E2%80%A6-beef-producer-crying-over-spilt-bilk/#respond
As an author, am I biased? Yes. I have three head of grass fed Highland/Angus cattle on my property because I want to know what's in my beef and I don't trust government to be honest with us. Is the story biased? I strive for objectivity. I'll let you decide if I succeeded. This is the first story in the Muckraker Series, which I plan to use to expose numerous media-untouched topics. much like The Carbon Series exposes the potential disaster of mankind's attempts to control CO2 going awry and threatening all life on Earth.
Watching him try to claim that had nothing to do with his fecal photo op - priceless.
The stuff is disgusting no matter what, but how do you make "lean beef" out of "fatty bits of meat"?
Suggestions?
So what these Republican politicians (supposedly) are eating is stuff that the slaughterhouse knows has extras loads of cow manure in it, but in order to make it 'safe', they've run it through some processes that kill the bugs in the manure.
The fact that you can make cow manure 'safe' to eat doesn't mean that I want it in my food, or in my local school's lunchroom.