What if it wasn't called pink slime? Finely textured lean meat (LFTB); or its more common name in recent years, Pink Slime is becoming quite a hot topic. Questions are raised about the safety of pink slime for human consumption. The name alone has given it a rather negative reputation. In addition to whether or not pink slime is safe, another concern is what advantages it offers, if any, over other meat alternatives. No different from any other story, this one has two sides; Although there are many accusations that pink slime is unsafe for human consumption and offers no benefits, there are many responses that put the accusations to rest. What if it wasn't called pink slime? What is pink slime? Simply put, pink slime is the meat left over after all parts of the animal have been used. The low-quality meat mixed with cartilage, connective tissue, and anything else left over is then heated to the point where the lean meat separates from the fat. After separation, the meat is then treated with ammonia to eliminate bacteria such as salmonella and Escherichia coli. After contact of ammonia with water inside the meat, ammonium hydroxide is created, the meat is then finely ground, cut into pellets or blocks, then frozen and shipped to be used as an additive in pure meat and is now "rose". slime”. How common is pink slime and where is it found? There are many fast food restaurants that have pink slime in their products and even in school districts. “The USDA estimates that lean, finely textured beef accounts for about 6.5% of ground beef orders.” Not only that, just in fast food restaurants and schools, but also in grocery stores and anywhere beef is sold. “There is no precise information… middle of paper… out there for a long time, it seems like there are hard, solid facts about it. The fact of the matter is that there is no definitive evidence that pink slime or finely textured lean meat is safe for human consumption or not. That's because although they're the same thing, people in favor call it lean, fine-textured meat, those against call it pink slime. However, this is not just a name change but gives a totally different definition of what is actually the exact same thing. Which brings us back to the original question: what if it wasn't called pink slime? People would be more likely to delve deeper into the matter and do research to find out that in reality, pink slime and lean, finely textured meat are the same thing. If the answer were yes, there would be no two different versions of the definition of this meat that anyone could agree on.