Yep it actually does

This was on aol's health page~
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1353058.html

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We have some lean ground beef from an Albertsons store in our freezer, and spoke to meat department personnel in two different stores. They said that they absolutely do not, and have never used pink slime in their ground beef.

I saw this recently.

"The Kroger Co., the nation's largest traditional grocer with 2,435 supermarkets in 31 states, said it will stop buying the beef, reversing itself after saying Wednesday that it would sell beef both with and without the additive.Federal regulators say the ammonia-treated filler, known in the industry as "lean, finely textured beef," meets food safety standards. However, critics say the product could be unsafe and is an unappetizing example of industrialized food production.The chains joined Safeway, Albertsons and Food Lion, among others, who have said they won't sell beef with the filler. "Our customers have expressed their concerns that the use of lean finely textured beef -- while fully approved by the USDA for safety and quality -- is something they do not want in their ground beef," Kroger said in a statement. "As a result, Kroger will no longer purchase ground beef containing lean finely textured beef."

I sure am glad.ammonium hydroxide in beef? Damn.

I heard about this pink slime and its disgusting. This is why I do not eat red meat. I did hear that one supermarket chain isn't selling the brands that us the pink slime anymore. I just can't remember which one it is.

HEB has said from the beginning that they have never used pink slime in their ground beef.

The thing that ticks me off, is this: if a small farmer was selling ground beef in a package that says 100% ground beef and had pink slime in it, he would be SWAT teamed for fraud, yet these big corporations are getting off the hook.

Its fraud, plain and simple. The package says 100% ground beef and its not. Scraps mixed with ammonia is not 100% ground beef, plain and simple.

This is one of the reasons I agree with libertarians that want to get rid of the USDA and FDA. They don't protect consumers. They claim they do, of course. Unfortunately they protect big food corporations.

Thanks to all the national news publicity of ABC, the PINK SLIME problem seems to be enraging the public
and the grocery stores are responding positively by no longer using the Pink Slime crap in ground beef.

Thank God!

Read a short blurb in today's paper. Appears that the company making "pink slime" ........ has just declared bankruptcy.