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14:26 Mar 09 2012
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If you have children in school,please read this and be aware of whats going on with your school lunches..

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/03/is-pink-slime-in-the-beef-at-your-grocery-store/

Pink Slime Watch: An Update About the USDA Petition

by Bettina Elias Siegel on March 8, 2012

I promise I won’t turn The Lunch Tray into “all-slime-all-the-time,” but I wanted to update you about the petition started here on Tuesday morning seeking to ban “pink slime” in school food:

Latest Signature Count

Our Change.org petition just hit 3,600 signatures at the time of this writing. I’m awestruck that we’ve reached this point in only two days and of course I have YOU, the TLT readership, to thank for getting the social media ball rolling so effectively.

More Media Coverage

I appeared on local Houston news last night to discuss pink slime and the petition. You can see that segment here and I’d like to thank reporter Amy Davis for giving me the opportunity. The petition was also mentioned in the Washington Post online yesterday, and I’m scheduled to speak on Spanish language radio in San Francisco on Monday. (Cómo se dice “pink slime” en español?).

Meanwhile, I had a great talk with the people at Change.org and was told they plan to actively promote the petition by sending out information to the press. That should mean even more exposure for the petition in the coming days.

And The Daily reporter David Knowles, who on Monday first broke the story of USDA’s most recent purchase of slime-containing beef for schools, has been incredibly supportive of the petition by writing about it yesterday and mentioning it in his own interviews.

A Good Article on Slime

Finally, I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but if anyone needs convincing that pink slime is some really bad stuff, writer Tom Philpott had a great piece about it yesterday on Mother Jones.

I’ll return to covering other kid-and-food news for The Lunch Tray, but I’ll continue my “Pink Slime Watch” by posting petition updates when I have anything significant to share.

Thank you again, TLT readers, for your continued support.

Say no to slime!

Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2012 Bettina Elias Siegel

http://www.thelunchtray.com/pink-slime-watch-an-update-about-the-usda-petition/

COMMENTS

moonkissed
14:33 Mar 09 2012

OMG! Thank You for posting this. I will show the article to the kids today when they get home so that they can be informed about what they might be eating at school.

I really need to get a meat grinder.

Oceanne
14:42 Mar 09 2012

Bad,bad medicine. Anymore,its better for the kids to take lunch.

Thankfully, we have a butcher here who grinds the meat.

Scary stuff that pink slime...

VenusFire
14:45 Mar 09 2012

Thanks for posting Oceanne. I've been reading about this for some time now. Pretty bad when your kids lunch isn't even safe anymore.

Although I read another article lately where a child was forced to eat a cafeteria lunch because they ruled the lunch she brought from home wasn't healthy! Seriously? UGH!

Oceanne
15:04 Mar 09 2012

Now thats bad that they wouldnt let the child eat a lunch brought from home!! :O Im so glad my kids are grown.This is pretty disturbing to me.Like you,Ive been keeping my eye on it too VF,and it bothers me a lot.TWHO always did say they wanted to kull the population..

VenusFire
15:16 Mar 09 2012

You can read that article here Oceanne:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/n-c-food-inspector-sends-girls-lunch-home-after-determining-its-not-healthy-enough/

Oceanne
15:24 Mar 09 2012

Thank you for bringing that link.I cant imagine that they would have the nerve to not allow a child to eat a home packed meal..

Oceanne
15:29 Mar 09 2012

Chicken nuggets..now thats healthier than what she brought?

Wow.

I would be livid!