Company Subpoenas Journalists in "Pink Slime" Suit

Five journalists have had their notes subpoenaed in a company's $1.2-billion defamation lawsuit against ABC News for calling its product, a common hamburger additive, "pink slime."

Attorneys for the company, Beef Products Inc., subpoenaed three journalists from the publication Food Safety News as well as one from the New York Times and food writer Michele Simon, in an effort to force them to turn over their correspondence with ABC News and other defendants.

• "Journalists Subpoenaed in Pink-Slime Suit," Columbia Journalism Review, July 25, 2014, by David Uberti.
• "5 Food Writers Subpoenaed in 'Pink Slime' Lawsuit," Associated Press, July 29, 2014, by Regina Garcia Cano.