Pink Slime and the Legal History of Food Disparagement

Erika K. Eckley and Roger A. McEowen

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2012, vol. 27, issue 4, 5

Abstract: The current “pink-slime” controversy over the unlabeled use of “lean finely textured beef” (LFTB) in more than 75% of the nation’s hamburgers, including within the federal school lunch program, is not a new phenomenon. Over the last 25 years there have been several news stories regarding issues in the nation-wide food chain that have garnered significant traction with the public and adversely affected some agricultural industries for a period of time.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.143192

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