'Pink slime': Meat processer seeks $5.7bn in defamation case
Image caption 'Pink slime' had been common in fast food restaurants and grocery stores before the TV reports A trial has begun in South Dakota over a meat processer's claim that it was defamed by ABC News reporting that dubbed its product "pink slime".Beef Products Inc (BPI) argues ABC and its journalist ruined its reputation in 2012 reports on "lean finely textured beef", as the industry calls it.BPI says ABC's "disinformation campaign" caused the me..>> view original“It escalated quickly:” Huge brawl at McDonald's after McChicken apparently took too long
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