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• March 13, 2013 5:07 p.m.

  Did our parents or grandparents eat it? Nope! Then I won't. It's created to make money. Go ahead and eat it and all the chemicals that are in it. Why not top it with some corn and soy and make yourself a death sandwich.

  - Cat

• January 31, 2013 1:20 a.m.

  I'm grateful too that we have freedom of choice in our foods but it's not enough freedom. Food growers and processors do not have to disclose enough information about the product we are purchasing from them. 3-4 years ago I kept getting sick each time we ate beef of any kind. Then my husband started noticing feeling ill each time he ate it. I did a lot of research and was appalled at what I was finding about my food. I thought back to when I last felt good...I lived in Europe. I found out how Europe regulates food so much better than the US does. I thought about how I ate in Europe...most of it came from local markets where farmers sold their food or from the farmers themselves not the grocery. I sought out and thankfully found a local source for pastured, grass fed beef and milk products along with other local organic and sustainable foods. Since changing from store purchased to locally grown and purchased meats, we no longer get sick when we eat and I am actually feeling better than I have in 15 years since I lived in Europe. I also have slashed my grocery budget by half! Not everyone has this availability but should have the choice at their grocery stores to eat foods that are healthy and fresh the way nature intended without worrying about all the junk the animals are fed or the junk that is added in during the processing no matter how minimal that processing is.

  - Melissa

• January 29, 2013 10:58 a.m.

  Pink slim to me is very unhealthy. I agree that it is very dangerous and could cause disease. It is chemically made and I do not agree with it being used in beef.

  - Justin

• January 17, 2013 8:27 a.m.

  For several years before the out-cry about Pink Slim or (LFTB), my wife and I would bake our meatloaf and hamburgers the same way as we have for years. Then we started noticing that the meat wasn't cooking like it used to cook. The inside of the meatloaf and hamburgers had areas that appeared not to be cooked the meat appeared raw or overly pink, very large areas. I thought something was wrong with our oven. I had the oven inspected and tested twice. Both times I was told that the oven was in correct working order. I then heard about pink slime(LFTB) and decided to buy meat from a private meat processor (butcher). I never had another problem with my meatloaf or hamburgers cooking all the way through after purchasing our meat from the butcher. I equate the beef industry (those making pink slim or as they call it (LFTB) with politicians, born and bred liars. To the ones that make that slimy pink slime (LTFB), "you can have what I won't buy anymore from anyone I even think sells that crap and eat it yourself."

  - Don

• January 9, 2013 6:57 p.m.

  I agree it's disgusting to think of all the "parts" that go into "pink slime" but as another blogger stated it's almost worse to think about what is used to "clean or process" this material to be fit for human consumption. I'd rather not be eating any product cleaned using ammonia as was stated in a research article. There has got to be some other way if the industry plans to keep using "pink slime" or I may invest in a meat grinder. Safe or not it will always be unappealing to most people no matter what the industry says.

  - Susan

• January 9, 2013 3:05 p.m.

  I did reserch before making a dicision about "pink slime". I am turned off by the chemicals used to prosses it. My personal oppinion. I also believe we should be told every thing about our food. The fact that they hid this shows dishonesty. If it is realy that safe why hide it? We pay for the products so we have a right to know whats in it and how it's prossesed. I also agree that we no longer have news organizations but rather opinionated talk shows that sensationalize everything regardless of the consequenses. In my reserch I found info stating that the FDA scientists warned against using it but were ignored by the woman who OKed it and afterwards she left the FDA and whent to work for one of the big beef companies. What does that say? If they want me to buy there products they have to be upfront about every aspect of said product. I'm sorry for the people who lost jobs but I'm not sorry for the big co.s lossing proffits. Maybe if they loose enough they will begin to respect the costomers (douptful). This is my oppinion. I didn't give locations were I found info because if you want to know don't wait for someone else to do the leg work. Get up, Turn of the games and phones and learn something. Stop being sheeple and rejoin the human race.

  - Shawn

• January 8, 2013 11:53 a.m.

  We really do need to be a populous that does not listen to something, determine if it is true based on what it sounds like, or who said it, and then pass on whatever we heard as though it is factual without ever checking the validity. Our recent election was full of lying commercials. Our commercials, in general, are there to sell something, not necessarily to provide us with the truth. And even our scientists have agendas. The fact that, as a people, we still think evolution is a fact, when, in fact, it has been proven false. I think that may be the best way to illustrate what we ought to do. Evolution is impossible. If you think otherwise I ask you to check the facts. If you think it is true, you have been misled. I will send proof to you, if you wish. No cost, and very easy to verify.(blanddiet@cs.com)

  - FRANK

• January 7, 2013 9:13 p.m.

  The person(s) who coined the term "pink slime" deserve to be sued! Completely ridiculous and unfounded terminology, and it proves how liberal media such as ABC news, can sway the average citizen who may tune into national TV stations, but not obtain all of the facts. Media, such as ABC news and NBC News is distorted, one sided, and so liberal. It is sad to see the economical impact that this unfounded term has taken in Iowa,and the midwest. PATHETIC!!!

  - Lisa

• January 6, 2013 2:06 p.m.

  I think that if pink slime were real meat it wouldn't have to be ground so fine that nobody could identify what was in it. I don't trust it to be good digestable meat. I suspect it is mostly nondigestable filler made of meat by-products. That is just my opinion. I will stick to real local raised meats.

  - Jen

• January 5, 2013 2:56 p.m.

  I just had my gallbladder removed today and im a little nervous. I love food. All kinds of food and i like to eay alot. Im far from being overweight i have a high metobolism. I think caffenine and especially cofffee will be my hardest. I have a 3 year old so im going to follow any advice thatpeople out there who have been thru this. I want to be healthy for my little girl and dont want to spend my time cramping up or on th toilet. So if anyone has some good advice for a newbie ill take any advice. Thanx

  - Rene'

• January 4, 2013 8:26 a.m.

  I think we need to be aware that there are those with their own agendas that use scare tactics and pseudoscience to make their case. It's disappointing arguments can't made on facts and thus allowing you or I to make our own assessment based on those facts. It's clear one side of this argument had science, history, academia, and 30 years of no illness to support its position. The other had a celebrity chef and scary name.

  - Jerry