Schools Getting A Choice: Pink Slime or No Pink Slime

Schools are going to be given a choice: order beef with, or without the filler known as pink slime.

FOX News Radio’s Sal Giangrasso has details:

Schools are getting a new option from the Department of Agriculture.

They’ll be able to choose between beef patties made with the filler known as pink slime.

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Or bulk ground beef without it.

Pink slime is a processed ingredient common in ground beef that’s exposed to ammonium hydroxide gas to kill bacteria.

It’s made from fatty bits of meat left over from other cuts, doesn’t have to be labeled as an ingredient and is estimated to be in at least half of the ground meat and burgers in the U.S.

But this USDA policy change won’t kick in at schools until this Fall because of existing contracts.

Sal Giangrasso, FOX News Radio