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TIL in December 2018, lean finely textured beef(pink slime) was reclassified as "ground beef" by the Food Safety Service of the United States Department Of Agriculture. It is banned in Canada and EU. (en.wikipedia.org)

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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.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Mechanically separated meat is an effective way to turn every shred of animal into an edible product instead of sending it off to be processed again into some lower value product. If you're gonna spend all the time and resources to raise and kill an animal for food, why not make sure that the absolute maximum of it is turned into an edible product?

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