CALIFORNIA: State urges schools ban suspect beef - (Los Angeles Times)
February 1, 2008 – 4:59 pmThe California Department of Education was cited as urging school districts on Thursday throughout the state to stop serving all but a few beef products after allegations that a Chino-based meat supplier butchered and distributed weak or ill cattle.
In an alert issued Thursday afternoon, the California Department of Education’s Nutrition Services Division advised agencies not to use beef products from Westland Meat Co. — a National School Lunch Program supplier — until further notice, stating, “In addition, we recommend that agencies not use any processed end-products containing beef pending further instructions. Officils said such beef products would include uncooked ground beef used in hamburgers, meatballs and “teriyaki dippers.”
The recommendation, however, does not include items such as breakfast burritos that are cooked and packaged before being delivered to schools.
On Thursday, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Unified School District said cafeterias will temporarily remove most beef products from their menus as […]
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