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"Pink slime" maker to close 3 plants, cut jobs
May 07, 2012
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Gov. Matt Michels- all agreed with the industry view that the beef has been unfairly maligned and mislabeled.
The public backlash against the product offers an important lesson to other food makers in the social-media age, said Marion Nestle, a nutrition and food-studies professor at New York University. She noted that past food controversies, such as criticism of trans fats, took years to surface as major public issues, whereas social media enabled the campaign against "pink slime" to quickly attract widespread public attention.
Nestle also said BPI misinterpreted the public concern as a food-safety issue, instead of recognizing that critics
Gov. Matt Michels- all agreed with the industry view that the beef has been unfairly maligned and mislabeled.
The public backlash against the product offers an important lesson to other food makers in the social-media age, said Marion Nestle, a nutrition and food-studies professor at New York University. She noted that past food controversies, such as criticism of trans fats, took years to surface as major public issues, whereas social media enabled the campaign against "pink slime" to quickly attract widespread public attention.
Nestle also said BPI misinterpreted the public concern as a food-safety issue, instead of recognizing that critics
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