In more pink slime news, two local grocery chains – Safeway and Giant – have joined the stampede of supermarkets and restaurants vowing to stop selling products that contain “finely-textured beef.”

Recently dubbed “pink slime,” the ammonia-treated product is made from meat scraps heated and then centrifuged to separate the fat from the meat. The supermarket chains said they are stopping use of the hamburger filler not because it’s not “wholesome” but because of “consumer concern.”

“Safeway is committed to providing our customers with the highest-quality products,” Safeway said in a statement released this week. “While the USDA and food industry experts agree that lean finely textured beef is safe and wholesome, recent news stories have caused considerable consumer concern about this product. Safeway will no longer purchase ground beef containing lean finely textured beef.”

Giant Food of Landover, Md. released a similar statement today.