to remove this mural because of complaints and depictions about slavery and oppression. but those topics are what it is supposed to be ab. have the culture wars gone too far? and this week i went to lunch. i had sliders and chicken fingers. there was no meat in any sliders. there was no chicken in my wings. 24 states now pushing laws preventing vegan products from being called meat. what the alternative meat makers fighting back. who is right? i want to know. go to my website. smerconish com, and answer the question. should it be illegal for vegan food items to be called burgers steaks or dogs? uh, i ll look into it. (phone rings) lisa jones! lisa: (on phone) hey carl, what are you charging me for online equity trades? (nervous chuckle) lisa: and do i get my fees back if i m not happy? like a satisfaction guarantee? ugh. schwab! lisa: oh right, i m calling schwab.
that contains ammonia-treated pink slime? how can consumers find out which retailers do use this pink slime? reporter: so we sent out abc news producers to stores across the country to the meat sections to see if it s in the ground beef they sell. most couldn t tell us for sure. we e-mailed the top ten grocers in america. publix, costco, h.e.b., and whole foods assured us they don t use pink slime. no word yet from the rest. but know this. if your meat is stamped usda organic, it s pure meat. no questionable filler. but everything else is suspect, say critics, because pink slime does not have to appear on the label and the usda is giving no indication it will force meat packers to lift the veil of secrecy anytime soon. jim avila, abc news, washington. that s stunning to me. they wouldn t force them to unveil we should have a right to read that ingredient list on our food and know whether the pink slime is in there or not. why would you not force the meat makers out there and th