McDonald's performed a smart "Public Relations" Move ...

Mar 9, 2012 -- 2:37PM, solfeggio wrote:

What is pink slime?

A preservative that is the source of a lot of hysteria and mythinformation.

It's meat scraps that are treated with ammonia hydroxide to kill pathogens.

Then eat meat full of pathogens. Or you could just buy meat ground locally. You should get your terms straight too. "Pink slime" refers to the meat, not to the additive.

It was dropped by the food chains some time ago, but it is still used in institutional feeding programmes, including school meals.

It's been in use for decades and no one has died from it and probably has saved many lives.

Here's a quote from the FDA: Ammonia and the ammonium ion are integral components of normal metabolic processes and play an essential role in the physiology of man. Although there have been no significant feeding studies specifically designed to ascertain the safety threshold of ammonium compounds as food ingredients, numerous metabolic studies have been reported in the scientific literature. Extrapolation of these findings to the concentrations of ammonium compounds normally present in foods does not suggest that there would be untoward effects at such levels. In the light of the foregoing, the Select Committee concludes that: There is no evidence in the available information on ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium carbonate, ammonium chloride, ammonium hydroxide, mono and dibasic ammonium phosphate, and ammonium sulfate that demonstrates, or suggests reasonable grounds to suspect, a hazard to the public when they are used at levels that are now current or that might reasonably be expected in future.

Now, when you find a scientific study, not a hyperbolic news story, that shows otherwise, let me know.

Mar 9, 2012 -- 3:18PM, teilhard wrote:

IOW, the "Slime" Description is nothing more than a Term deliberately chosen to prejudice the Discussion ...

Mar 9, 2012 -- 3:13PM, mountain_man wrote:

Mar 9, 2012 -- 2:37PM, solfeggio wrote:

What is pink slime?

A preservative that is the source of a lot of hysteria and mythinformation.

It's meat scraps that are treated with ammonia hydroxide to kill pathogens.

Then eat meat full of pathogens. Or you could just buy meat ground locally. You should get your terms straight too. "Pink slime" refers to the meat, not to the additive.

It was dropped by the food chains some time ago, but it is still used in institutional feeding programmes, including school meals.

It's been in use for decades and no one has died from it and probably has saved many lives.

Here's a quote from the FDA: Ammonia and the ammonium ion are integral components of normal metabolic processes and play an essential role in the physiology of man. Although there have been no significant feeding studies specifically designed to ascertain the safety threshold of ammonium compounds as food ingredients, numerous metabolic studies have been reported in the scientific literature. Extrapolation of these findings to the concentrations of ammonium compounds normally present in foods does not suggest that there would be untoward effects at such levels. In the light of the foregoing, the Select Committee concludes that: There is no evidence in the available information on ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium carbonate, ammonium chloride, ammonium hydroxide, mono and dibasic ammonium phosphate, and ammonium sulfate that demonstrates, or suggests reasonable grounds to suspect, a hazard to the public when they are used at levels that are now current or that might reasonably be expected in future.

Now, when you find a scientific study, not a hyperbolic news story, that shows otherwise, let me know.

Not an unusual ploy for Solf........................

Mar 9, 2012 -- 3:31PM, teilhard wrote:

However ... The "Pink Slime" Phrase was NOT invented by "Solf" ...

Mar 9, 2012 -- 3:24PM, jane2 wrote:

Mar 9, 2012 -- 3:18PM, teilhard wrote:

IOW, the "Slime" Description is nothing more than a Term deliberately chosen to prejudice the Discussion ...

Mar 9, 2012 -- 3:13PM, mountain_man wrote:

Mar 9, 2012 -- 2:37PM, solfeggio wrote:

What is pink slime?

A preservative that is the source of a lot of hysteria and mythinformation.

It's meat scraps that are treated with ammonia hydroxide to kill pathogens.

Then eat meat full of pathogens. Or you could just buy meat ground locally. You should get your terms straight too. "Pink slime" refers to the meat, not to the additive.

It was dropped by the food chains some time ago, but it is still used in institutional feeding programmes, including school meals.

It's been in use for decades and no one has died from it and probably has saved many lives.

Here's a quote from the FDA: Ammonia and the ammonium ion are integral components of normal metabolic processes and play an essential role in the physiology of man. Although there have been no significant feeding studies specifically designed to ascertain the safety threshold of ammonium compounds as food ingredients, numerous metabolic studies have been reported in the scientific literature. Extrapolation of these findings to the concentrations of ammonium compounds normally present in foods does not suggest that there would be untoward effects at such levels. In the light of the foregoing, the Select Committee concludes that: There is no evidence in the available information on ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium carbonate, ammonium chloride, ammonium hydroxide, mono and dibasic ammonium phosphate, and ammonium sulfate that demonstrates, or suggests reasonable grounds to suspect, a hazard to the public when they are used at levels that are now current or that might reasonably be expected in future.

Now, when you find a scientific study, not a hyperbolic news story, that shows otherwise, let me know.

Not an unusual ploy for Solf........................

 

I read it on the news, too. Doesn't change what I think of its use here.

 

I don't eat Oysters even after they're COOKED ...

Mar 9, 2012 -- 4:04PM, Erey wrote:

If it were seriously dangerous I would be dead by now because I ate scads of school lunches in my day. 

Food when you think about it can be disgusting.  But somehow I still love it.  I have renewed my love of raw oysters recently to the horror of my family.  Can you believe nobody will even try one?