BPI founder issues statement about boneless lean beef trimmings
Beef Products Inc. founder Eldon Roth has issued a statement in the wake of the recent controversy over the company's boneless lean beef trimmings product, dubbed by some as “pink slime.” The statement reads:
“We agree, as do the nation's leading food safety authorities, with USDA's unequivocal statement that the BPI's Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings are safe, wholesome, and nutritious. Anyone that has seen BPI facilities and our processes understands why we have an unsurpassed food safety record.