cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/6090142
TIL in December 2018, lean finely textured beef(pink slime) was reclassified as “ground beef” by the Food Safety And Inspection Service of the United States Department Of Agriculture. It is banned…
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Original Title: TIL in December 2018, lean finely textured beef(pink slime) was reclassified as “ground beef” by the Food Safety And Inspection Service of the United States Department Of Agriculture. It is banned in Canada and the EU.
Because of ammonium hydroxide use in its processing, the lean finely textured beef by BPI is not permitted in Canada.[8] Health Canada stated that: “Ammonia is not permitted in Canada to be used in ground beef or meats during their production” and may not be imported, as the Canadian Food and Drugs Act requires that imported meat products meet the same standards and requirements as domestic meat.[8][9] Canada does allow Cargill’s citric acid-produced Finely Textured Meat (FTM) to be “used in the preparation of ground meat” and “identified as ground meat” under certain conditions.
It’s specifically because of the ammonia, apparently? Idk I feel like I don’t want to learn more because only horrors await me.
weird that it isn’t considered organic dispite not using fertilizer or pesticides
can’t tell if you’re serious or taking the piss, but for reference meat has to be fed with things that are themselves organic to be classed as organic.
to quote the Wikipedia article:
Most of the finely textured beef is produced and sold by BPI, Cargill and Tyson Foods.[29][30] As of March 2012 there was no labeling of the product, and only a USDA Organic label would have indicated that beef contained no “pink slime”.
to me implies that even if the meat would have otherwise been organic, that the processing makes it no longer be.
Hey just curious who was the administration in charge at that time??
