Replies to post #4460 on The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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USDA says so-called pink slime is ok for school lunches:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/10/us-usa-food-schools-idUSBRE82902M20120310

The USDA, schools and school districts plan to buy the treated meat, categorized as "lean fine textured beef," from South Dakota's Beef Products Inc for the national school lunch program.

The BPI product makes up about 6.5 percent of the 112 million pounds (51 million kg) of ground beef that has been contracted for the National School Lunch Program, the USDA said.

FWIW

p.s. MCD no longer uses this stuff.

[DewDiligence]

MCD’s COO, Don Thompson, will become CEO on 7/1/12. ft.com has a good piece on the transition:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2ead8f50-743d-11e1-9e4d-00144feab49a.html