Pink Slime Ground Beef Taste Test

A journalist from the Associated Press recently taste tested a half-pound burger made with "pink slime" and one without, the results, it turns out, "pink slime" doesn't taste very good and had an unpleasant texture.  To view the entire "pink slime" taste testing experience.

Note: "pink slime" is what the meat industry calls "lean, finely textured beef," a low-cost filler made from fatty meat scraps that are heated to remove most of the fat, then treated with ammonium hydroxide gas to kill bacteria such as E. coli and salmonella.

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Gov. Targets Major Egg Supplier

Picture courtesy of: Mercy for Animals

Sparboe Farms is the subject of an ABC News investigation to be broadcast today, Friday, Nov. 18th, on "20/20" and "World News with Diane Sawyer" and was cited Thursday by the FDA for "significant and serious violations" in the production of their eggs.

The FDA issued a company-wide warning letter to Sparboe Farms, the country's 5th largest egg producer, citing serious and significant violations at five different locations.  The FDA cited at least 13 violations of the recently enacted federal egg rule meant to prevent dangerous salmonella outbreaks.

The ABC News broadcast will include undercover video taken over the summer inside Sparboe facilities in three states by the animal rights group, Mercy for Animals, that appears to show unsanitary conditions and repeated acts of animal cruelty.

The Mercy for Animals activist who went undercover to record the video inside Sparboe told ABC News chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross, "I saw workers do horrendous things to birds, they were thrown, grabbed by the neck, they're slammed in and out of cages."

Source: ABC News

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Purina Recalls Dry Cat Food

ST. LOUIS, July 29, 2011/PRNewswire/ - Nestle Purina PetCare Company is voluntarily recalling a limited number of 3.5 and 7 pound bags of its Purina ONE Vibrant Maturity 7+ Dry Cat Food from a single production run and shipped to customers located in California, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Nestle Purina PetCare Company became aware of the Salmonella contamination as a result of samples that had been collected in several retail stores.

Pets with Salmonella infections may exhibit decreased appetite, fever and abdominal pain.  If left untreated, pets may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever and vomiting.  Infected but otherwise healthy pets can be carriers and infect other animals or humans. 

Visit PRNewswire for the complete list of Purina's recalled food with "Best By" dates and production codes affected.

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