McDonald's drops use of gooey ammonia-based 'pink slime' in hamburger meat

[koalabear]

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McDonald's confirmed that it has eliminated the use of ammonium hydroxide — an ingredient in fertilizers, household cleaners and some roll-your-own explosives — in its hamburger meat.

The company denied that its decision was influenced by a months-long campaign by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver to get ammonium-hydroxide-treated meats like chicken and beef out of the U.S. food supply. But it acknowledged this week that it had stopped using the unappetizing pink goo — made from treating otherwise inedible scrap meat with the chemical — several months ago.

Besides being used as a household cleaner and in fertilizers, the compound releases flammable vapors, and with the addition of certain acids, it can be turned into ammonium nitrate, a common component in homemade bombs. It's also widely used in the food industry as an anti-microbial agent in meats and as a leavener in bread and cake products. It's regulated by the U.S. Agriculture Department, which classifies it as "generally recognized as safe."


http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2...ey-ammonia-based-pink-slime-in-hamburger-meat

 

[Kruge]

Hmmm...can be used in homemade explosives huh?

Gives a whole different meaning to the term "Big Mac Attack"

 

[Sonnys_Big_Head]

Beings that we breathe 78% nitrogen,`a couple delicious puck burgers a year won't put me over my recommended daily allowance.

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

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McDonald's confirmed that it has eliminated the use of ammonium hydroxide — an ingredient in fertilizers, household cleaners and some roll-your-own explosives — in its hamburger meat.

The company denied that its decision was influenced by a months-long campaign by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver to get ammonium-hydroxide-treated meats like chicken and beef out of the U.S. food supply. But it acknowledged this week that it had stopped using the unappetizing pink goo — made from treating otherwise inedible scrap meat with the chemical — several months ago.

Besides being used as a household cleaner and in fertilizers, the compound releases flammable vapors, and with the addition of certain acids, it can be turned into ammonium nitrate, a common component in homemade bombs. It's also widely used in the food industry as an anti-microbial agent in meats and as a leavener in bread and cake products. It's regulated by the U.S. Agriculture Department, which classifies it as "generally recognized as safe."


http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2...ey-ammonia-based-pink-slime-in-hamburger-meat

I know this must be a sad day for your kind. You people think only hippies would oppose the use of ammonium hyrdroxide in food. Hell your pal Limbaugh joked about putting medical waste in tuna.

 

[Liar]

Pity, that was the tasty bit.

Relatively. We're talking micky d here.

 

[Sonnys_Big_Head]

Eating ground up cow muscle, at its core, is something best not pondered at great depth to begin with, especially having seen what I have seen.

http://www.gainesvilleshortsaleblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/meat-grinder.jpg

 

[doctor_insanus]

That looks exactly like the shit they use to make chicken nuggets. What is it with McDonald's and pink paste?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T67DvoH2H3E