"Earlier this year, McDonald's made headlines when it said it would stop using ammonia-treated beef trimmings lovingly known as "pink slime" in its burgers. Now the former USDA scientist who coined the phrase is speaking out against the widespread use of the stuff — not because it's unsafe, but because he feels like consumers are being deceived into paying for cheap filler.
"It's economic fraud," the scientist explains, adding that you'll find pink slime in 70% of ground beef you buy at the supermarket. "It's not fresh ground beef. ... It's a cheap substitute being added in."
ABC News gives the general details of slime production":........................video/text from the consumerist...
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