Schools
No ‘Pink Slime’ in District 622 Lunches
District 622 announced that ammonium hydroxide-treated meat isn't served in its school lunches.
School District 622 announced on its website that the beef used in the district's school lunches doesn’t contain so-called “pink slime,” a filler of finely textured beef treated with ammonium hydroxide.
“School District 622 does not and will not have ammonium hydroxide-treated meat in school lunches,” the announcement says.
The announcement cited news reports saying that the slime might end up in school lunches.
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