BPI, meat industry defends use of boneless lean beef trimmings
An ABC News feature questioning the use of boneless lean beef trimmings – or “pink slime,” as the report dubbed it – has led the meat industry to defend its use in ground beef. The report noted that 70 percent of ground beef sold at supermarkets and 25 up to percent of each hamburger patty contain BLBT.
It featured several quotes from Kit Foshee, a former employer at BPI Inc., the company that produces BLBT. “It kind of looks like play dough,” said Foshee, who was a corporate quality assurance manager at Beef Products Inc. “It’s pink and frozen, it’s not what the typical person would consider meat.”