National Grocers Stop Buying "Pink Slime" Meat

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Updated: 11:23 AM Mar 22, 2012 National Grocers Stop Buying "Pink Slime" Meat Newsplex/AP Giant Food has become the latest in an increasingly long list of national supermarket chains that have decided to stop buying ground beef that contains the filler now known as "pink slime." Posted: 10:20 AM Mar 22, 2012 Email Address: news@newsplex.com

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by just a thought on Mar 23, 2012 at 08:51 AM

I'd noticed quite a few years ago that the so called "ground beef" didn't cook up or taste like the meat I grew up on. My parents bought their beef (and all of their meats) directly from a butcher. Since I haven't found a butcher in this area I started buying directly from a person that raises clean, pastured, properly fed livestock. I place an order in the spring and in the late fall my freezer is stocked for the year with the best beef in the area. I haven't bought beef from a cahin store in a long time...can't stand the taste of it! Hooray for the smaller/family farmers and their dedication!

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by Anonymous on Mar 23, 2012 at 04:06 AM

Too bad our schools still use it.

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by citizen on Mar 23, 2012 at 03:07 AM

The federal government has a long history of allowing bizarre and dangerous food additives that eventually are shown to cause any number of cancers or deaths. Makes me wonder where the policy makers buy food for their families.

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by The Dude Location: Greene County on Mar 22, 2012 at 04:45 PM

Plenty of use for those living large on welfare and their BF's living in prison. Oh, don't forget the poor school districts as well.

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by tommy Location: cho on Mar 22, 2012 at 01:47 PM

What is the big deal. We all know what goes into hotdogs, and we continue to feed are children them?