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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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[–] kobra@lemmy.zip 55 points 5 days ago (8 children)

Because of ammonium hydroxide use in its processing, the lean finely textured beef by BPI is not permitted in Canada.[8] Health Canada stated that: "Ammonia is not permitted in Canada to be used in ground beef or meats during their production" and may not be imported, as the Canadian Food and Drugs Act requires that imported meat products meet the same standards and requirements as domestic meat.[8][9] Canada does allow Cargill's citric acid-produced Finely Textured Meat (FTM) to be "used in the preparation of ground meat" and "identified as ground meat" under certain conditions.

It’s specifically because of the ammonia, apparently? Idk I feel like I don’t want to learn more because only horrors await me.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Just don't ever look up what candies are made of. Some of the most delicious tasting foods are made from some of the most vile things.

Don't even get me started on imitation vanilla...

[–] cryptiod137@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Imitation vinilla hasn't been made that way for decades. You almost certainly never eaten anything with it in it.

Less than 250 lbs of the stuff was consumed in the US in 1987 and it's only gone down from there.

It's actually significantly more expensive than sythensized alternatives like vanillin since there is basically no commercial beaver trapping anymore.

Decades before this was something I could scare the girls in food class with, it was already not true.

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