Pink Slime

Pink slime has been around since 2001. Companies found a way to start using pink slime from left overs meat even though that seems bad because they are basically just giving people poison. Pink slime has been used in fast food restaurants; it’s bad for your health because of bacteria, but is used in school lunches around the country.

 Pink slime carries pathogenic bacteria. Phyllis Entis states the following in the article entitled “What’s wrong with pink slime: “Pink slime uses trimmings, and they put ammonia in the meat to cover up the smell and bacteria; however, they know this is bad for people to eat. They spin the meat with fat and thrown away parts of meat at high temperatures to melt it, and then make slime. They make patties and hot dogs and fast foods. So why are we eating this?” Pink slime is obviously gross. But hot dogs and hamburgers taste good. When you’re out partying at a BBQ drinking a cold beverage, nothing taste better than a burger. You’re not thinking about it’s from. People should be more aware of where their food comes from so they won’t get sick.

School children eat a lot of pink slime. The USDA recently bought 7 million pounds of pink slime for school lunches. Menendez states in the article entitled” USDA decision on pink slim” that, “all it takes is a picture of pink slime to understand a parents concerns that this product doesn’t belong in our school lunches”. Why are they buying pink slime if they know it’s bad? It’s treated with ammonia because they have been in contact fecal matter (poop) “connective tissue”. That’s nasty the meat is actually coming from animals' butts! People should think about that while they are eating, that you are eating meat that comes from the cow's butt.

They make pink slime out of the outside trimmings, which have more, bacteria and e-coli. The article “schools can opt out of pink slime beef from life science.com says that, “there is only one word for this product, gross. Pink slime is likely to come in contact with bacteria such as salmonella that’s harmful strains of E-coli. E-coli can cause food poisoning mild to serve diarrhea, vomiting and can cause kidney failure.  That’s all bad, getting e-coli of having kidney failure is a bad thing. Food poisoning is not a good either, you throw up and can’t go out

                                                                                Reference
   Menendez USDA'S decision on pink slime, a good first step, but more needs to be done  (3/15/12) www.menendz .senet.gov 3/9/15 http://www.menendez.gov/news
Phyllis Entis what's wrong with pink slime?  (march 12,12)www.foodsafetynew.com/2012/03/whats-wrong-with-pink-slime/#.VPn9&newsd
 Life science school can opt out of pink slime beef www.lifescience .com/36367-pink-slime-bad-health (may 18, 2012)