The good guys win one…

Normally I try to be charitable and not rejoice over another’s misfortune, BUT….that doesn’t mean a little “schadenfreude” isn’t appropriate.

Some time back we told you about the special meat scientists had developed that compresses all kinds of noxious stuff and then is sprayed with ammonia so you don’t get sick and maybe die.  Other scientists who have investigated the stuff calls it “pink slime” but nevertheless the government is buying millions of pounds of it for school cafeterias and will serve it under the label “hamburger”.

You can read the earlier post by scrolling down to “Another helping of slime, kids?” on March 7th.

But the words got out about this junk and a few in the mainstream press picked up the story.  The outcry from consumers in some of the cities where the story ran was so bad that, in recent weeks, supermarket chains have been forced to pull the stuff from their refrigerators.  And now, one of the biggest purveyors of this monstrosity, has gone bankrupt!

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/02/us-afafoods-bankruptcy-idUSBRE8310HX20120402

Nevertheless, there’s no word that either the FDA, the Department of Education, the Secretary of Agriculture, or Michelle Obama are even considering backing down.  Pink Slime is still headed for a school near you!