Pink Slime Definition

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(informal, dysphemistic) A meat byproduct produced from scraps by heating and then treating with ammonia to produce a food additive. [from 2002]

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Used other than as an idiom: see pink,‎ slime. Slime which is pink.

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(paper manufacture) An undesirable pink-colored microbial mass occurring in the slurry used in making paper. [from 1951]

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Origin of Pink Slime

  • Apparently first applied to food in 2002 by Food Safety and Inspection Service microbiologist Gerald Zirnstein.

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