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LFTB is back in the news
The 2012 controversy involving lean, finely textured beef is back in the news this week.
A South Dakota jury reportedly will hear the case next year of BPI v. ABC, according to foodsafetynews.com.
BPI sued ABC after the network and its news division repeatedly called the company’s beef product “pink slime”. The reports created a media sensation that caused some customers, including grocery stores, restaurants and the national school lunch program, to stop using the product.
BPI claims ABC’s reports cost it more than 400-million dollars in sales and forced the closure of three of its four plants, resulting in the loss of 700 jobs.
The jury trial, tentatively scheduled for June of 2017 in Elk Point, South Dakota, will involve ABC executives and former news anchor Diane Sawyer.
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