Ex-BPI worker sues ABC, Oliver over 'pink slime'

 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A former worker at a South Dakota beef processor is suing ABC News, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and a food blogger, saying their use of the phrase "pink slime" to describe one of the company's products led to him losing his job.

Bruce Smith, 58, is among about 750 people who were laid off at Beef Products Inc. in the wake of what the company called a misinformation campaign in social media and news reports about the product: lean, finely textured beef.

In May, Beef Products Inc. closed three plants – one each in Texas, Kansas and Iowa – and laid off workers at its corporate headquarters in South Dakota.

Smith, of Dakota Dunes, was the company's senior counsel and director of Environmental, Health & Safety. He filed a civil suit Tuesday in Dakota County District Court in Nebraska seeking $70,000 in damages.

Ex-BPI worker sues ABC, Oliver over 'pink slime' 

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