A story that is often brought up on blogs and websites and gets a lot of attention, because corporate bashing always works!
However, what all of these pages (including the current, quite successful version on Facebook ) have in common, or rather they do NOT have, is the correct chronological classification of the story. This (probably deliberate) omission makes the story sound supposedly current, so we take a closer look:
At this point we will list what it was really about and answer user inquiries that we received.
1. Did famous chef Jamie Oliver win a lawsuit against McDonalds?
YES!
2. Is it a current story?
NO! These are incidents from the USA that Jamie Oliver about in 2011/2012 . He actually denounced this food additive and as a result the use of “Pink Slime” was significantly restricted.
3. Does this story or the use of “Pink Slime” also affect Germany or Austria?
NO! This is about the so-called “Pink Slime”, which was used in the USA.
If you're still interested in finding out the whole background, you can read on from here... It's actually the case that Oliver revealed in his show "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" what ends up in the burgers of US fast food chains: Among other things He complained that inferior beef, which is otherwise found in dog food, is made edible again with the help of ammonium hydroxide. The product, which he originally called “Pink Slime”, was officially legal in the USA at that time. The end product could be stretched with up to 15% of this inferior mass. aired on April 12, 2011
Basically, we're taking a product that would be sold at the cheapest form for dogs and after this process we can give it to humans
So he blames the fact that this cheap form of meat, which is actually only sold for dogs, is processed here and prepared for people. As it turned out, Burger King and Taco Bell also worked this way in the US - completely legal at the time, mind you.
At this time
For example, the :
Victory for Jamie Oliver in the US as McDonald's is forced to stop using 'pink slime' in its burger recipe
So the entire headline is from the end of January 2012.
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You can also learn from the DailyMail article that the criticized “Pink Slime” was used in the USA. There was no use of “pink slime”, i.e. the processed meat, in the United Kingdom and Ireland. There is also no evidence of use in Germany or Austria. The reason why this topic could always end up in the focus of users is the TTIP free trade agreement and the fears that such practices will end up in Central Europe through gag agreements.
So let’s conclude
This is not a current story, but rather legal practices from the US at the time, dating back to 2011 and 2012. Jamie Oliver actually denounced these events and as a result the use of “Pink Slime” was significantly restricted. There are now a lot of foreign-language sources on this topic, at this point we would like to mention a detailed German-language article as further information: AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver wins long battle against McDonalds Article preview image: Mr Pics / Shutterstock .com
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