NY Times - I'll Have a McAmmonia w/Cheese. - New England Patriots Forums

***IcyPatriot*** · 01-06-2010, 09:50 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/us/31meat.html?_r=1

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The company, Beef Products Inc., had been looking to expand into the hamburger business with a product made from beef that included fatty trimmings the industry once relegated to pet food and cooking oil.

The trimmings were particularly susceptible to contamination, but a study commissioned by the company showed that the ammonia process would kill E. coli as well as.

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With the U.S.D.A.’s stamp of approval, the company’s processed beef has become a mainstay in America’s hamburgers.

Burger King and other fast-food giants use it as a component in ground beef, as do grocery chains. The federal school lunch program used an estimated 5.5 million pounds of the processed beef last year alone

***DarrylS*** · 01-07-2010, 04:40 AM

Folks I know who work inside the Beltway said that during the Bush administration there were so infrastructure changes being made that were business friendly and not friendly to the american consumer, this seems to be one of them...

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Eight years ago, federal officials were struggling to remove potentially deadly E. coli from hamburgers when an entrepreneurial company from South Dakota came up with a novel idea: injecting beef with ammonia.

If you have not, suggest that you watch "Food,Inc" or "King Corn"... both expose's on the food industry and lack of regulation...