Beef Products Inc. has filed a defamation lawsuit against ABC News
for its coverage of a meat product that critics dubbed "pink slime,"
alleging the network misled consumers to believe the product is
unhealthy and unsafe.
The Dakota Dunes, S.D.-based company is
seeking $1.2 billion in damages for roughly 200 "false and misleading
and defamatory" statements about the product. The lawsuit, filed in a
South Dakota court Thursday, also accuses ABC News of improper
interference with the relationships between BPI and its customers.
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