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In reply to the discussion: Beef processor files for bankruptcy over 'pink slime' uproar [View all]Robb
(39,665 posts)24. You're demonstrating my point.
Ammonia gas, which is used under high pressure to alter the pH of meat to make it less likely for pathogens to survive, is not the same as ammonium hydroxide -- ammonia dissolved in water, the cleaning liquid you imagine is involved.
It is similar to refusing to eat sodium chloride because it contains the same "stuff" as Clorox.
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Agree with you in principle that emotions obviously trump reality in this case.
randome
Apr 2012
#10
Upton Sinclair wrote of those "delicate sensibilities" so often trivialized.
LanternWaste
Apr 2012
#13
salt is not chlorine. putting ammonia in beef is more like dipping french fries in bleach
leftyohiolib
Apr 2012
#29
Ammonium hydroxide is actually a misleading term -- it's basically ammonia dissolved in water.
eppur_se_muova
Apr 2012
#40
If you're referring to lot-fattened, corn-fed, antibiotic-injected red meat, I hear you.
Psephos
Apr 2012
#54
Change their business model--add carrots, green beans and vitamins, and call it dog food.
MADem
Apr 2012
#6
Food irradiation is the alternative so there is sure to be work in those plants. nt
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#18
You do realize that no ammonia is actually put in the final product? nt
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#16
well unless youre the one doing the finalizing you cant say that. but we surely can believe the corp
leftyohiolib
Apr 2012
#21
yes i do. i have alot of stuff in my body none of which i want on my food.(maybe the salt and sugar)
leftyohiolib
Apr 2012
#30
'Moran's'? LOL. Lawsuit? They should be charged criminally for adulterating food.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#19
I have always found frozen hamburgers and ground meat in a roll disgusting. Now I know why.
appleannie1
Apr 2012
#31