Comments on: See? The Ammonia in Pink Slime is a Good Thing! https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/ Wed, 02 May 2012 08:02:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: ammonia gas in india https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/#comment-492555 Wed, 02 May 2012 08:02:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/#comment-492555 Ammonia gas Which is the one of the most commonly produced industrial chemicals. It is used in industry and commerce. Ammonia gas is essential for many biological processes and serves as a precursor for amino acid and nucleotide synthesis. In the environment, ammonia is part of the nitrogen cycle and is produced in soil from bacterial processes. Ammonia is also produced naturally from decomposition of organic matter, including plants, animals and animal wastes.

]]> By: Jim Geddes https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/#comment-492554 Tue, 01 May 2012 17:28:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/#comment-492554 I hunt and when I butcher my dear, elk or game animals I give all that yukky stuff to the dogs they love it and given I have no idea what kind of pink slime substances may be included in dog food I’ll continue to feed the dogs as little of that slimey secreted mucous as possible thank you.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/#comment-492553 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:20:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/#comment-492553 _Arthur, you are conflating more than one process. However, having said that, yes, I think you are correct. The power-washed “pink slime” as well as other trimmings comes from multiple cattle and you can’t separate them. Theoretically you could, but it wouldn’t be cheap any more. Nonetheless, it should be easy to keep supply houses separate with proper regulation.

]]> By: _Arthur https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/#comment-492552 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:07:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/#comment-492552 GL, it is impossible to trace to a particular cow, or a particular shipment, or a particular slaughterhouse shift.
The fat trimmings from many locations are pooled together, treated into LFTB (Lean Finely Textured Beef, aka Pink Slime), and then shipped back to be added to hamburger patties.

The meat industry has made great strides towards traceability of meat shipments, and it all goes to naught as soon pink slime is involved.

So, yes, they better wash it real good with ammonia.

]]> By: DuWayne https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/#comment-492551 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:57:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/#comment-492551 The big problem I have with the pink slime is that connective tissues aren’t the nutritional equivalent of actual beef. There are essential proteins missing and the total proteins don’t match, weight for weight with muscle tissue. I will admit that I am somewhat disgusted by it, so that might be coloring my view on this. But given that the scientists the USDA had investigate this were skeptical of it’s safety and viability, I expect I am not being unreasonable.

I want it out of the school lunches my child eats.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/#comment-492550 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:11:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/#comment-492550 _Arthur, what do you mean by untracable? As to the source? It is manufactured by a small subset of companies (or was, I should say) so by default it is very traceable, I would think. .. I might be misunderstanding you.

The article to which you refer points out some real problems but this has little to do wit the pink slime issue or with chemical treatments. Also, “trimmings” does not = “Pink slime”

]]> By: _Arthur https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/#comment-492549 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:24:20 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/#comment-492549 Greg, “Pink Slime” has been suspected in a couple of E. Coli meat recalls.
Here’s the 2009 recall that put reprocessed beef trimmings in the spotlight:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/health/04meat.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all

One problem with Pink Slime, is that it’s nealy untraceable.

]]> By: _Arthur https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/#comment-492548 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:05:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/04/23/see-the-ammonia-in-pink-slime/#comment-492548 I want my Pink Slime to be labelled: “Chief Selection 100% Pure Angus Beef”.

Or I’ll go back to buying good ole tasty baloney.

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