Pink slime economics

• The big bad event of last week was, of course, the Supreme Court hearing on health reform.
(New York Times)
• Pink slime has been all over the news recently. Now the fear over the so called slime is beginning to have economic effects.
(NPR News)
• Zirnstein, who first coined the term pink slime in a USDA memo, told ABC news Its economic fraud. Its not fresh ground beef. Its a cheap substitute being added in.
(Natural News.com)
• Paul Krugman is very blunt in his Monday NY Times column.
(DAILY KOS)
• Its economic fraud, he said in a telephone interview Zirnstein was disgusted, and made his opinion known to co-workers in an email that called the processed product pink slime.
(msnbc.com)
• Pink Slime. It sounds like a B-rated horror movie The use of LFTB is not as much a nutrition issue, as an economic issue. Even USDA describes LFTB as a non-nutritious filler, i.e. it does not add any inherent nutrition to the meat.
(Examiner)
• "It's economic fraud," Zirnstein told ABC News This leads to one of the most deeply embarrassing elements of the "pink slime" brouhaha.
(ThomasNet Industrial News Room)
• or Does this create an even higher bar for districts wanting to avoid pink slime? Its economic disclosure; its an economic fraud issue, Zernstein said. Its really not so much food safety. Put as much ammonia in it as you want.
(Huffington Post)
• Since the beginning of his presidential campaign, Perry has made what he calls the economic success of Texas the centerpiece of his campaign.
(Worldnews.com)
• He called it "economic fraud. It's not fresh ground beef issued a news release Monday urging Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to take "pink slime" off school lunch menus and replace it with "high-quality Montana beef.
(Bozeman Daily Chronicle)