Several local school districts use the same food vendors who have admitted using lean finely textured beef — known as “pink slime” — in their products. Schools received letters from suppliers in March ...

“What happens to food on the way from its natural habitat running around in the wild to your supermarket, if you knew most of it, it’s not appetizing. This is only blowing up because they came up with ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that schools will soon have a choice as to whether or not their lunches contain the beef filler product that has triggered fears about what is ...

PITTSBURGH -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving schools involved in the National School Lunch Program the option of avoiding pink slime. The low-cost ingredient is used in 70 percent of all ...

PHILADELPHIA — The lunch lady won’t be serving up “pink slime” anymore at several school districts around the country. Under a change announced last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ...