 Lean finely textured beef and Finely Textured Meat is banned for human consumption in the European Union ( EU ) . Meat processed using the Baader process is allowed in the EU . The Baader process involves the use of a machine manufactured by the Baader Company of Germany that mechanically separates meat residue from bones of animals using low pressure water . This meat is referred to as " desinewed meat " , and the Baader process involves the formation of the final product into a red meat paste . It is a similar process to mechanically separated meat , which forces " fragments of meat from animal bones using high pressure water " . 
