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This article repeatedly claims that 70% of products included pink slime in 2012. I don't know if that's true or not, but the only source given is the ABC news report, which as the rest of the article points out was the subject of a large and fairly successful defamation suit. 128.12.122.106 (talk) 04:34, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The article focuses on US issues with the product and lacks views from other places except Europe. In Brazil, for instance, I doubt even half of the population knows about this product, despite having crises in 2014-16 regarding meat additives at several meat processing plants. Anacforcelli (talk) 22:45, 10 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It would be good if someone with either industry or chemistry experience could elaborate on what happens to the ammonium hydroxide produced on/in the beef before packaging. It's not clear if there is residual NH3 or the OH after the extrusion&treatment. I'm assuming the "pencil thin" extrusion is so the gaseous NH3 reaches the largest surface area possible, but it's not mentioned whether the formed OH remains on the surface/permeates the meat (it must, to completely kill microorgs, right? Pencil thin is NOT THAT THIN), or if it decomposes, or is a safe additive or what.
This could clear up a lot of the controversy IMO. It's beef made with ammonia... The presence and safety of ammonia in the final product is probably important. 99.192.12.115 (talk) 18:11, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Pink Slime is pejorative and therefore not allowed by common name rules. There is already disambiguation and the pink slime is more commonly used in reference to the media. The title should be changed. 208.77.255.249 (talk) 18:17, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]