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FOXNewshealth.com managing editor Dr. Manny Alvarez on the USDA plans to purchase 7 million pounds of lean beef trimmings for schools.
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Article thank you very much a fast food chains Taco Bell McDonald's and others are dropping something noticed pink slime from their menus.
It's just basically as the -- nobody else wants immediately be turning out we'd be -- but here's the thing.
It's still -- up in our school cafeterias around the country apparently.
To make of this.
-- editor document -- all of us here.
So island pink is gaga edge.
Not.
Listen this is very -- story back in 2002 very health inspector went into it.
Major plan.
And basically sold the people grinding up that remains a long way -- some tendons and and cartilage and you name it and they were making your patience is what is that that's not meet.
And they said no it's we gonna mix it -- ground -- he went back to Washington and say listen.
This does not qualify as -- and certainly is adding also that they they add up.
-- to kill the bacteria.
But ultimately.
-- federal government said not so gave it makes it in a way that the little -- kills about here you -- mix it would ground beef.
And now a lot of he set -- -- a fast food restaurants are not putting this in -- -- but still.
I think seven.
Million pounds of this.
-- our ending up in school cafeterias.
And yet mothers cannot bring cupcakes to school rival what was -- unsafe you know.
Like not what I rules.
You know that that kids in school and you saddle -- off not get enough well if it's not good enough McDonnell's.
Let's -- this was -- not good enough for McDonald's was meant for animal consumption and and even that -- dog food and basically a lot of very reputable.
-- are telling me what.
We won't even recommend that you gave us the your dog so you could imagine this all these trimmings this pace mix in with ammonia.
Ending up in school cafeterias and this is safe come I hope that the federal government thinks a look at this and removes it all together because.
You know it really that's bad for you and we should be feeding it to anybody.
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Did a garden bed when -- run six have you been able to do that as -- area will -- 12 o'clock a lot of -- of -- -- hang out at any.
