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Date	Process	Result
May 13, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed
July 29, 2012	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
August 13, 2012	Good article reassessment	Delisted
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March 25, 2016	Good article nominee	Listed
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 6, 2016. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that lean finely textured beef, also known as pink slime, in the U.S ground beef supply declined from 70% in March 2012 to around 5% in March 2013, in part due to news media coverage about it?
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Moved, 13 March 2012, from Boneless lean beef trimmings to Pink slime, see discussion.
Not moved, 25 March 2012, from Pink slime to Boneless lean beef trimmings, see discussion.
Not moved, 2 August 2012, from Pink slime to Lean finely textured beef, see discussion.
Not moved, 7 July 2017, from Pink slime to Lean finely textured beef, see discussion.

The 70 percent claim

This article repeatedly claims that 70% of products included pink slime in 2012. I don't know if that's true or not, but the only source given is the ABC news report, which as the rest of the article points out was the subject of a large and fairly successful defamation suit. 128.12.122.106 (talk) 04:34, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just replying to bring attention to this question as it appears to have gone unnoticed 2405:6E00:2441:702F:191F:B3F6:B6FB:407 (talk) 09:56, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lack of information on other countries

The article focuses on US issues with the product and lacks views from other places except Europe. In Brazil, for instance, I doubt even half of the population knows about this product, despite having crises in 2014-16 regarding meat additives at several meat processing plants. Anacforcelli (talk) 22:45, 10 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the {{Globalize}} template from the article (diff), which stated, "The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject." This was done because Pink slime (also known as lean finely textured beef or LFTB, finely textured beef, or boneless lean beef trimmings or BLBT) is an American invention and product. No evidence has been provided here that it is used in other countries. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:56, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted move

Pink Slime is pejorative and therefore not allowed by common name rules. There is already disambiguation and the pink slime is more commonly used in reference to the media. The title should be changed. 208.77.255.249 (talk) 18:17, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This move is not a minor edit and consensus is needed first. such changes without consensus are disruptive. While the industry may be using 'Lean finely textured beef' the press, including the AP in 2022, is still using 'pink slime' to discuss this product. I suggest you move it back or you are likely to be reverted. Dialectric (talk) 18:50, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Aperseghin: I have reverted the move of the article since, based on the discussions linked in the yellow box at the top of the page, it's a potentially controvertial move and would need to be discussed first. If you wish to proceed with this process, please see the instructions at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Controversial. --Ahecht (TALK
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Any new information?

The article mostly references sources from 2012, with a few from 2013-2014, but largely stops there. Stylistically, it wavers between present and past tense ("as of 2012"). I wouldn't want to replace all instances of present tense with past tense, since ideally the article will be updated to provide a contemporary view, and then all that would need to be reverted. But I'm not good at finding new sources, so I just wanted to pin this suggestion. Aminomancer (talk) 01:47, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]