Food Activist Nancy Huehnergarth offers some candor in describing the so called “pink slime” controversy.
The pink slime debacle created the perfect storm of food system change, thanks to a combination of evocative language, consumer activism, arrogant industry behavior, viral social media, relentless mainstream media reporting and scientists willing to go on the record.
Of course, she fails to mention that the scientists who went on the record said the meat was safe. So it was really about “evocative language,” “consumer activism,” industry’s failure to respond appropriately, social media, and a complicit media.
