Monday, October 4, 2010

PHOTO: Pre-Chicken Nugget Meat Paste, AKA Mechanically Separated Poultry

Plain gross and obscene... and it's your meal

How do you spell D-I-S-G-U-S-T-I-N-G? Once you take a look, you will never eat another piece of Soylent Pink... er, chicken nugget. I don't mind when people is trying to make a profit, but this is way beyond the line. Soaking the meat in ammonia? Reflavoring it because it tastes like... ammonia? Dyed with artificial color? Can the result of this proccess still be considered food?
UPDATE, 10/4/10: The story has been amended to reflect that although mass produced chicken nuggets at large may contain mechanically separated chicken, McDonald's famous McNuggets no longer do contain "mechanically separated poultry as defined by the federal government. The USDA now requires foods with mechanically separated poultry to be labeled as containing "mechanically separated chicken or turkey" in their ingredients lists.

Additionally, although "mechanically separated meat" may apply to turkey, chicken and pork, due to concerns over BSE, the federal government has held since 2004 that mechanically separated beef "is considered inedible and is prohibited for use as human food."

Say what you want, but I'm not sure anymore. You taste it first, buddy.

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