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Stop & Shop will no longer buy ‘finely textured beef’

By Chris Reidy

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 22, 2012

The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. said that it will no longer purchase fresh ground beef containing so-called “finely textured beef.” Quincy-based Stop & Shop said it was reacting to customer concerns over the issue while noting that the US Department of Agriculture has indicated that this product is safe for consumption. Finely textured beef is a term used for treated ground beef filler. Critics have branded some kinds of these fillers as “pink slime.”

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