Jamie Oliver sued for calling beef product 'pink slime'

Sarah Coles
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Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver

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Jamie Oliver's US TV programme on school dinners was controversial for a number of reasons. Now it is gaining attention for its use of the word 'pink slime' to describe a meat product known in the trade as 'lean, finely textured beef'. A former employee of a manufacturer of the product is suing him, and a number of other people in the media, claiming it eventually led to him losing his job.

So what is he claiming?
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