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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTexas Gov. Rick Perry: Please eat the 'pink slime' - You first, Rick
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gszrj0JJxmOy2kyxouVkKVOAKyWg?docId=86232a4bd56b4b08aacc6349e107200fGovernors urge consumers to rethink 'pink slime'
By JOSH FUNK, AP Business Writer 1 hour ago
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) The main producer of "pink slime" and the politicians defending the company will have a hard time persuading consumers and grocery stores to accept the product, even if the processed beef trimmings are as safe as the industry insists.
Three governors and two lieutenant governors plan to tour Beef Products Inc.'s plant in South Sioux City, Neb., Thursday afternoon to show their support for the company and the several thousand jobs it creates in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota and Texas.
Beef Products, the main producer of the cheap lean beef made from fatty bits of meat left over from other cuts, has drawn extra scrutiny because of concerns about the ammonium hydroxide it treats meat with to slightly change the acidity of the beef and kill bacteria. The company suspended operations at plants in Texas, Kansas and Iowa this week, affecting 650 jobs, but it defends its product as safe. snip
The politicians who plan to tour the plant including Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy and South Dakota Lt. Gov. Matt Michels all agree with the industry view that pink slime has been unfairly maligned and mislabeled.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry: Please eat the 'pink slime' - You first, Rick (Original Post)
NNN0LHI
Mar 2012
OP
3-2-1 "Texas legislators looking for a constitutional amendment to save pink slime"
democrat_patriot
Mar 2012
#1
Meh, they'll keep feeding it to schoolkids, nursing home patients and prisoners, I'm sure.
TwilightGardener
Mar 2012
#5
democrat_patriot
(2,774 posts)1. 3-2-1 "Texas legislators looking for a constitutional amendment to save pink slime"
It would not surprise me.
Response to NNN0LHI (Original post)
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Javaman
(62,530 posts)3. Okay little cement head ricky, you first. nt
StopTheNeoCons
(892 posts)4. Do opposite whatever perry and brownback say to do
They are criminal enablers of other criminals, all they do is to enable crimes against humanity.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)5. Meh, they'll keep feeding it to schoolkids, nursing home patients and prisoners, I'm sure.
Those who can't choose otherwise will continue to be their market.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)6. Gosh, it's almost as if when consumers make their own choices in the Free Market (TM) . . .
It's a Bad Thing.
I wonder why that is, Gov. Cement-head.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)7. The slime defending the slime
Birds of a feather...