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Yum, ammonia burger!

Doug
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January 1, 2010 - 10:57pm

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....The company says its processed beef, a mashlike substance frozen into blocks or chips, is used in a majority of the hamburger sold nationwide. But it has remained little known outside industry and government circles. Federal officials agreed to the company’s request that the ammonia be classified as a “processing agent” and not an ingredient that would be listed on labels.

 

Ew. Not exactly a good article to read if you were hungry.


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Bookish Agrarian
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January 1, 2010 - 11:01pm
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This is highlighted in the movie Food Inc

 


remind
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January 2, 2010 - 11:35am
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Yep government and corporations are always looking out for our best interests!


ennir
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January 2, 2010 - 12:08pm
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Truly disgusting, on every level.


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