Possibly as a result, in tests conducted by the National School Lunch Program between 2005 and 2009, pink slime tested positive for salmonella at a rate four times higher than the conventional ...

Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year. And it’s not likely that the product will ever get back to its previous ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Thursday that starting in the fall, schools enrolled in the national school lunch program will have the choice not to use the byproduct. The ...

DANBURY -- Pink slime will be invited to fewer luncheons next year, local school officials say. That's because the U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to offer school lunch programs a choice ...

The National School Lunch Program, which forces cafeteria administrators to feed students lunch for $2.68 per student per day, is a microcosm of our cheap food system.

NEW YORK - The nation's school districts are turning up their noses at "pink slime," the beef product that caused a public uproar earlier this year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the ...

ALBANY — School districts soon will be able to opt out of a common ammonia-treated ground beef filler critics have dubbed "pink slime." Amid a growing social media storm over so-called "lean ...