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Because of Bill Clinton, 70 Percent of Ground Beef at Supermarkets Contains "Pink Slime"
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Mar 28, 2012, 3:27:12 AM3/28/12
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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/03/70-percent-of-ground-beef-
at-supermarkets-contains-pink-slime/
Gerald Zirnstein grinds his own hamburger these days. Why? Because this
former United States Department of Agriculture scientist and, now,
whistleblower, knows that 70 percent of the ground beef we buy at the
supermarket contains something he calls “pink slime.”
“Pink slime” is beef trimmings. Once only used in dog food and cooking
oil, the trimmings are now sprayed with ammonia so they are safe to eat
and added to most ground beef as a cheaper filler.
It was Zirnstein who, in an USDA memo, first coined the term “pink slime”
and is now coming forward to say he won’t buy it.
“It’s economic fraud,” he told ABC News. “It’s not fresh ground beef. …
It’s a cheap substitute being added in.”
Zirnstein and his fellow USDA scientist, Carl Custer, both warned against
using what the industry calls “lean finely textured beef,” widely known
now as “pink slime,” but their government bosses overruled them.
If you have questions about “pink slime,” email us at
ABC.Wo...@abc.com.
According to Custer, the product is not really beef, but “a salvage
product … fat that had been heated at a low temperature and the excess fat
spun out.”
The “pink slime” is made by gathering waste trimmings, simmering them at
low heat so the fat separates easily from the muscle, and spinning the
trimmings using a centrifuge to complete the separation. Next, the mixture
is sent through pipes where it is sprayed with ammonia gas to kill
bacteria. The process is completed by packaging the meat into bricks.
Then, it is frozen and shipped to grocery stores and meat packers, where
it is added to most ground beef.
The “pink slime” does not have to appear on the label because, over
objections of its own scientists, USDA officials with links to the beef
industry labeled it meat.
“The under secretary said, ‘it’s pink, therefore it’s meat,’” Custer told
ABC News.
ABC News has learned the woman who made the decision to OK the mix is a
former undersecretary of agriculture, Joann Smith. It was a call that led
to hundred of millions of dollars for Beef Products Inc., the makers of
pink slime.
When Smith stepped down from the USDA in 1993, BPI’s principal major
supplier appointed her to its board of directors, where she made at least
$1.2 million over 17 years.
Smith did not return ABC News’ calls for comment and BPI said it had
nothing to do with her appointment. The USDA said while her appointment
was legal at the time, under current ethics rules Smith could not have
immediately joined the board.
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at-supermarkets-contains-pink-slime/
Gerald Zirnstein grinds his own hamburger these days. Why? Because this
former United States Department of Agriculture scientist and, now,
whistleblower, knows that 70 percent of the ground beef we buy at the
supermarket contains something he calls “pink slime.”
“Pink slime” is beef trimmings. Once only used in dog food and cooking
oil, the trimmings are now sprayed with ammonia so they are safe to eat
and added to most ground beef as a cheaper filler.
It was Zirnstein who, in an USDA memo, first coined the term “pink slime”
and is now coming forward to say he won’t buy it.
“It’s economic fraud,” he told ABC News. “It’s not fresh ground beef. …
It’s a cheap substitute being added in.”
Zirnstein and his fellow USDA scientist, Carl Custer, both warned against
using what the industry calls “lean finely textured beef,” widely known
now as “pink slime,” but their government bosses overruled them.
If you have questions about “pink slime,” email us at
ABC.Wo...@abc.com.
According to Custer, the product is not really beef, but “a salvage
product … fat that had been heated at a low temperature and the excess fat
spun out.”
The “pink slime” is made by gathering waste trimmings, simmering them at
low heat so the fat separates easily from the muscle, and spinning the
trimmings using a centrifuge to complete the separation. Next, the mixture
is sent through pipes where it is sprayed with ammonia gas to kill
bacteria. The process is completed by packaging the meat into bricks.
Then, it is frozen and shipped to grocery stores and meat packers, where
it is added to most ground beef.
The “pink slime” does not have to appear on the label because, over
objections of its own scientists, USDA officials with links to the beef
industry labeled it meat.
“The under secretary said, ‘it’s pink, therefore it’s meat,’” Custer told
ABC News.
ABC News has learned the woman who made the decision to OK the mix is a
former undersecretary of agriculture, Joann Smith. It was a call that led
to hundred of millions of dollars for Beef Products Inc., the makers of
pink slime.
When Smith stepped down from the USDA in 1993, BPI’s principal major
supplier appointed her to its board of directors, where she made at least
$1.2 million over 17 years.
Smith did not return ABC News’ calls for comment and BPI said it had
nothing to do with her appointment. The USDA said while her appointment
was legal at the time, under current ethics rules Smith could not have
immediately joined the board.
--
Obama's black racist USAG appointee.
Eric Holder, racist black United States Attorney General drops voter
intimidation charges against the Black Panthers, "You are about to be
ruled by the black man, cracker!"
Eric Holder, prejudiced black United States Attorney General settles the
hate crime debate, "Whites Not Protected by Hate Crime Laws."
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact, to
former House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel of New
York's million dollar tax evasion.
Barack Obama and Eric Holder, committed treason by knowingly and
deliberately arming enemies of the United States of America through
Operation Fast and Furious. Complicit in the murder of Federal employees
during the execution of their duties.
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Brad Manning
Mar 28, 2012, 4:20:25 PM3/28/12
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George H.W.Bush coined the term "PINK SLIME" when, during a post-news
conference pause, his mike was left open, and he whispered to some
lingering journalists, "That pink slime stuff, you know that older
women have during periods of incontinence of the bowels? Well that's
why Barbara and I no longer have any physical contact like we used
to. And she doesn't care that my friend Jennifer Fitzgerald and I
have relations from time to time."
conference pause, his mike was left open, and he whispered to some
lingering journalists, "That pink slime stuff, you know that older
women have during periods of incontinence of the bowels? Well that's
why Barbara and I no longer have any physical contact like we used
to. And she doesn't care that my friend Jennifer Fitzgerald and I
have relations from time to time."
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