Actually Mcdonalds announced that they discontinued the use of pink slime in August of 2011.
There is no definitive answer for this - "pink slime" is a perjorative term used by ABC to describe lean finely textured beef made by BPI. However, there are other companies using a similar process to make lean finely textured beef and this product is commonly used to make high lean/low fat ground beef products.
I would guess that most fast food places source ground beef products that are made with some lean finely textured beef. The good news is, this is a safe product that is 100% meat, so there are no safety concerns with this. The story about "pink slime" was mostly a scare tactic rather than a true public health concern.
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Shop Rite customer service says their ground beef does not contain lean beef trimmings (pink slime).
According to a press release from RRGB, they have never purchased or served any beef with "pink slime".
Pink slime is processed ground beef that has most of the fat removed with ammonia. Since it is made from ground beef, its safe to assume that it isn't in chicken mcnuggets.
No, they have never used it in their ground beef.
No. The so-called "pink slime" is associated with the left-overs from processing beef, which is made into food, and has nothing to do with buffalo meat.
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Pink slime was a substance used in McDonald's beef burgers but is no longer used. There is no equivalent used in ground turkey.
Checkers does not appear to have made a statement one way or another about using lean finely textured beef, commonly known as "pink slime," a beef additive treated with ammonia. If they ever did use it, it is likely that they stopped after ABC ran a story about it in 2011 or 2012.
"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.
No, it is only beef that has pink slime. It is usually in cheap school lunches too.
Pink Slime is a myth. It was made up term to create a food scare and produce telvision ratings. Lean Finely Textured Beef is 95% Lean beef made from 100% USDA inspected beef. No bones, no organs, no tendons, no scraps, no fillers and no additives.newdiv
Taken From the Lowell Sun: Tewksbury-based Demoulas Supermarkets Inc., which has about 65 Market Basket stores in the region, decided last week to stop replenishing its stock of "pink slime" products, said David McLean, Market Basket operations manager. Even though there's been no food-safety recall of the product, "we have customers that have concerns and we want them to be satisfied," he said.