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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-pink-slime-safety-20120328,0,946287.story
Social media turn up heat on food industry
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This week Beef Products Inc. announced the temporary shutdown of 
three of its four plants that produce a chemically treated recovered 
beef dubbed pink slime.  Public outcry from consumers, parents and 
school district officials, triggered by YouTube videos and online 
petitions, drove industry and government to respond.
The website Change.org  hosted a petition by mom  urging the USDA to 
stop buying the beef for school lunches.
In 10 days she made the USDA, the meat industry and major retailers 
all back away from it.

Other food campaigns galvanized Wal-Mart to refuse genetically 
modified sweet corn.

Gary Hirshberg, CEO of Stonyfield Organic, is one of the organizers 
of Just Label It, a campaign that's urging the FDA to label 
genetically modified foods.  "I can tell you the White House is 
watching," he said of the Just Label It petition that has gathered 
more than 1 million supporters. "I've had meetings with folks there 
including the president and the first lady, and when I sit down, it's 
clear they have been tracking when the numbers got to 400, 500 and 
600,000. I've never seen any period like this before."




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<div>This week Beef Products Inc. announced the temporary shutdown of
three of its four plants that produce a chemically treated recovered
beef dubbed pink slime.&nbsp; Public outcry from consumers, parents
and school district officials, triggered by YouTube videos and online
petitions, drove industry and government to respond.</div>
<div>The website Change.org&nbsp; hosted a petition by mom&nbsp;
urging the USDA to stop buying the beef for school lunches.</div>
<div>In 10 days she made the USDA, the meat industry and major
retailers all back away from it.</div>
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<div>Other food campaigns galvanized Wal-Mart to refuse genetically
modified sweet corn.</div>
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<div>Gary Hirshberg, CEO of Stonyfield Organic, is one of the
organizers of Just Label It, a campaign that's urging the FDA to label
genetically modified foods.&nbsp; &quot;I can tell you the White House
is watching,&quot; he said of the Just Label It petition that has
gathered more than 1 million supporters. &quot;I've had meetings with
folks there including the president and the first lady, and when I sit
down, it's clear they have been tracking when the numbers got to 400,
500 and 600,000. I've never seen any period like this
before.&quot;</div>
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