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Ammonia_processing_aid

Level 3 — Contested

Ammonia_Processing_Aid is a other additive listed in the FDA food-additive database.

Also: ammonia gas, ammonium hydroxide

What the research says

Used by Beef Products Inc. to kill E. coli in defatted beef trimmings ('pink slime'); USDA exempted it from labeling as a 'processing aid' rather than an ingredient. Georgia prison cooks rejected 7,000 pounds for smelling strongly of ammonia. [salt-sugar-fat] Used by Beef Products Inc. to kill E. coli in defatted beef trimmings ('pink slime'); USDA exempted it from labeling as a 'processing aid' rather than an ingredient. Georgia prison cooks rejected 7,000 pounds for smelling strongly of ammonia.

Regulatory status

  • Notes: From enrichment source only, not in Winter Dictionary

Sources

  • Salt Sugar Fat (Moss) — Chapter 10 (The Message the Government Conveys): It was frozen, but you could still smell ammonia. I've never seen anything like it