Talk:Mechanically separated meat

No sources in History section
There are quite a few unsourced claims in the history section. Can someone find sources for the dating of MSM processes, its adoption by different parts of the food industry, its spread around the world, and the Eastern European comment? 67.180.178.4 (talk) 14:30, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Todd Mudry
Is this a vanity defacing? Spandox (talk) 18:56, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Some further info
Could somebody please classify what "less expensive, waste materials" are used? Organs? Muscles? What exactly are we talking about? The Cake is a Lie T /  C 15:31, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

snopes.com article
i think many of you have read this article at already. if not, may i suggest you read it. IF you guys find any merit in the article, and find its sources to be trustworthy, can you add stuff from it to this wiki article as I think people really should know about this stuff and its worth mentioning on the wiki. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.227.74.217 (talk) 04:14, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Article name
It seems to me that the common name for this product is indeed "white slime" and not the industry euphemism mechanically separated meat. Any opposition to changing the name to white slime?LuciferWildCat (talk) 20:52, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes. Unlike the pink slime article this has been fairly known and covered for a while since before the pink slime issue. Indeed there seems to be a lot more coverage over the current name than under the proposed one.--Yaksar (let's chat) 01:53, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Which sources are you going by?LuciferWildCat (talk) 07:18, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Really almost all of it from before this pink slime controversy. Or the huge disparity in a google search of either term.--Yaksar (let's chat) 22:36, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * But is it mostly citing the industry euphemism?LuciferWildCat (talk) 01:49, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * This is only one white slime reference. And it refers to it as a possible new name, NOT as a name anyone has ever used. AManWithNoPlan (talk) 02:30, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * It is two references actually and no it's reporting it as being called white slime, not inventing the term, please read the articles.LuciferWildCat (talk) 22:01, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * It is only one reference actually and two copycats. theatlantic.com says "white slime?", implying that this might be a good name for it, but it clearly is not yet the name for it.  propublica.org references that.  Then forbes.com references that.  Clearly white slime is a new term that almost no one is using.  Since this article covers all types of mechanically separated meats regardless of color, it would be wrong to change the name. AManWithNoPlan (talk) 00:29, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
 * No two sources man, and that is your opinion of what that question mark means, it could just as easily mean "what is this white slime"? It may cover many things but if MSM is being called white slime it doesn't matter if it is in fact purple or not, just the verifiable sources of what it is called matter.LuciferWildCat (talk) 05:58, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Clearly not just used by one source nor in passing, now see here.LuciferWildCat (talk) 06:00, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Flat out lie
I have removed the following line as it is completely false. Seriously what is going on with wikipedia, I want everyone to edit, but this silly stuff needs to end.

"This puree included bone, bone marrow, skin, nerves, blood vessels in addition to the scraps of meat remaining on the bones. "69.174.87.52 (talk) 07:17, 8 January 2014 (UTC)


 * You are completely right, the process specifically consists of the separation of bones from meat, hence the name "separated", otherwise one could simply grind the whole animal and call it a day. But why is that sentence you deleted back in the text again? --2003:E2:C729:6C00:D47A:329B:E20B:526F (talk) 13:39, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Low pressure mechanically separated meat image.
The image used is clearly an image of ground meat and is possibly included to conflate ground meat with pink slime when they are distinct and unrelated products. Please consider removing this image. Washuchan73 (talk) 02:11, 6 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Low pressure MSM really does look like that, per European Food Safety Authority. It really does deserve its own section, given there seems to be some interesting history here. Big issue here is that there seems to be no equivalent in US regulation. Artoria2e5 🌉 13:54, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Ahahhha, US equivalent is Advanced meat recovery. Will get it cleaned up. Artoria2e5 🌉 16:01, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Safety and regulation
What do the references to "MRM" in this section mean? Are they the same as MSM? If so then the article should say this. If not, then it should state how they are different and why this pertains to the topic of the article. Is there a chance that this has the same meaning in Britain as MSM does in North America? At any event, it needs to be explained or changed. 2600:1004:B10D:9D01:E889:B6C2:9A0A:203E (talk) 23:44, 7 August 2021 (UTC)