Great news, Ms. Jenkins, our Food Services Director reached out this afternoon and wanted all of us to know that the Rockport Public School Nutrition Service DOES NOT purchase beef processed with ammonia hydroxide! Ammonia hydroxide is used to manufacture lean, finely textured beef. The process is approved by the USDA and has proven to be wholesome and safe, however more and more people are becoming aware of the process and are asking to not have their ground beef treated with this process.
So no "Pink Slime" for us!
Below is a link to a USA Today story about "Pink Slime." Thank you Ms. Jenkins
http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2012-03-16/Pink-slime-to-be-dropped-from-some-school-lunches/53564888/1
