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Beef Products, Inc., are the makers of the so-called "pink slime." They describe themselves as the "world's leading producer of lean beef processed from fresh beef trimmings." BPI makes the product by grinding together beef scraps and connective tissue

West Michigan retailers say there is no "pink slime" in their ground beef. GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) — Two locally-based grocery chains say they do not carry the product known as "pink slime" in the ground beef they sell. ABC News recently reported that

If you want to know how much damage a bad name can do, consider "pink slime." Over the past weeks and months, the substance, which consists of beef trimmings that have been treated with ammonia, has been vilified

Meat trimmings, connective tissue, fatty scraps and ammonia: what's in your hamburger?

In cooking, the process of clarification entails straining out extraneous muck from liquids so that they might be pure, clear and ideal for consumption. With this series on food terminology and issues we're attempting to do the