Editing Mechanically separated meat (section)

{{Short description|Paste-like meat product}}
{{Distinguish|Pink slime}}
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[[File:Polish pate MOM.JPG|thumb|Mechanically separated meat: {{lang|pl|[[Pâté#Variations|pasztet]]}}]]
[[File:CHICKEN MDM IN POLYBLOCK.jpg|thumb|Mechanically deboned meat: frozen chicken]]
'''Mechanically separated meat''' ('''MSM'''), '''mechanically recovered/reclaimed meat''' ('''MRM'''), or '''mechanically deboned meat''' ('''MDM''') is a [[Paste (food)|paste]]-like [[meat]] product produced by forcing [[Purée|pureed]] or [[Ground meat|ground]] [[beef]], [[pork]], [[mutton]], [[Domestic turkey|turkey]] or [[chicken]] under high pressure through a [[sieve]] or similar device to separate the [[bone]] from the edible meat tissue. When poultry is used, it is sometimes called '''white slime''' as an analog to meat-additive [[pink slime]] and to meat extracted by [[advanced meat recovery]] systems, both of which are different processes. The process entails pureeing or grinding the carcass left after the manual removal of meat from the bones and then forcing the slurry through a sieve under pressure.

The resulting product is a blend primarily consisting of tissues not generally considered meat, along with a much smaller amount of actual meat ([[muscle]] tissue). In some countries such as the United States, these non-meat materials are processed separately for human and non-human uses and consumption.<ref>{{Cite web|title=And You Thought It Was Just 'Pink' Slime | author= Lena Groeger|work= ProPublica|date= April 12, 2012|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/and-you-thought-it-was-just-pink-slime}}</ref> The process is controversial; ''[[Forbes]]'', for example, called it a "not-so-appetizing meat production process".<ref name="pinkwhite">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mickeymeece/2012/04/12/take-a-look-at-white-slime-a-pink-slime-cousin/ |title=Take a Look at 'White Slime, ' a 'Pink Slime' Cousin|author= Micky Meece |work=Forbes|date=April 12, 2012| accessdate= 2012-04-17}}</ref>

Mechanically separated meat has been used in certain meat and meat products, such as [[hot dog]]s and [[bologna sausage]],<ref name="pinkwhite" /> since the late 1960s. However, not all such meat products are manufactured using an MSM process.