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These days, it tends to mean pink goo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanically_separated_meat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanically_separated_meat

• lozenge 8y ago
  Your link says it has not been sold for human consumption for 15 years. And LFTB has not been used in fast food for five years: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/legal-separation/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/legal-separation/
  • Detect 8y ago
    dude it's "ground beef" https://www.beefmagazine.com/beef-quality/dude-it-s-ground-beef-usda-reclassifies-bpi-s-signature-product https://www.beefmagazine.com/beef-quality/dude-it-s-ground-b... https://newfoodeconomy.org/bpi-pink-slime-ground-beef-usda-reclassifed/ https://newfoodeconomy.org/bpi-pink-slime-ground-beef-usda-r...
    • ceejayoz 8y ago
      The USDA only approved that in December. I strongly suspect McDonalds can't change their processes and supply chain quite that quickly, nor are they likely to take the PR hit now.
• ceejayoz 8y ago
  That page starts with "Not to be confused with Pink slime" and later goes on to say "mechanically separated beef is considered inedible and is prohibited for use as human food". McDonalds doesn't use either one, and stopped using the "pink slime" stuff in 2011: https://www.cnet.com/news/pink-slime-in-burgers-mcdonalds-hires-former-mythbuster-to-find-out/ https://www.cnet.com/news/pink-slime-in-burgers-mcdonalds-hi... > "McDonald's does not use lean beef trimmings treated with ammonia, what some individuals call 'pink slime,' in our burgers, and hasn't since 2011," McDonald's website also stated.
  • justtopost 8y ago
    They don't use ammonia anymore, sure. Thats hardly the only pink slime, or mear glue out there.
    • ceejayoz 8y ago
      No one needs meat glue for hamburgers.