'Pink slime' plant closes; 200 lose jobs [View all]
Beef Products Inc. has lost, at least temporarily, the public-opinion battle over what critics call “pink slime,” and that also meant more than 200 people at the company’s Amarillo plant lost their jobs Monday.
“While lean finely textured beef was given a catchy and clever nickname in ‘pink slime,’ the impact of alarming broadcasts about this safe and wholesome beef product by Jamie Oliver, ABC News and others are no joke to those families that are now out of work,” said American Meat Institute President J. Patrick Boyle in a written statement.
Losing 200 jobs is an abrupt surprise.
“That’s huge for Amarillo and the (Texas) Panhandle,” said Mollie Barney, business services coordinator for Workforce Solutions in Amarillo. “We have reached out and hope they let us help with the transition for these employees.”
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