Senator Durbin: USDA must act to ensure safety of food in the national school lunch program - (Newsdesk)
January 31, 2008 – 7:24 pmUnited States Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent two letters today; one to the new Secretary of Agriculture and one to the head of the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS), asking for an immediate investigation into the safety of ground beef being used in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Durbins letters are in response to an investigative video report released by the Humane Society, depicting dozens of incidents of inhumane treatment of sick and weak animals at processing facility that is a leading supplier of ground beef to our nations schools.
The treatment of animals in this video is appalling, but more than that, it raises significant concerns about the safety of the food being served to our nations children, Durbin said. The apparent slaughter of sick and weak animals not only appears to violate USDA regulations, but could be a danger to our nation’s food supply. These downed animals are […]
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