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    Iowa State University research on "pink slime" barred from public to protect trade secrets, judge ruled

    Lilly Chapa | Freedom of Information | News | April 16, 2013
    Lilly Chapa
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    April 16, 2013

    Iowa State University cannot release research data about how a meat packaging company processes the controversial “pink slime” beef product because the processes are trade secrets, a district judge ruled.

    The research a professor conducted for Beef Products, Inc. (BPI) at a university laboratory falls under the trade secrets exemption of the state Freedom of Information Act, Story County District Judge Dale Ruigh stated in an opinion released last month.