CALIFORNIA: District holding 100 lbs. of beef - (Daily Pilot)
February 10, 2008 – 6:37 pmhttp://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2008/02/09/publicsafety/dpt-beefupdate020908.txt
Investigators have found no evidence so far to suggest any tainted beef from Hallmark/Westland Meat Company has made it into the food supply, U.S. Agriculture Department officials said Friday.
The USDAs administrative barring of the beef has been extended for 10 days, and Westlands operations have been suspended indefinitely, according to USDA officials.
We want to make sure every rock we can look under has been looked under, said Kenneth Peterson, assistant administrator in the office of field operations for the USDAs Food Safety and Inspection Services.
Westland Meat Company and Hallmark Slaughterhouse are under a USDA investigation after a video was released by the Humane Society of the United States showing allegedly inhumane practices at Hallmark, which included using electric prods, forklifts and other methods to move downed cattle for slaughter.
Beef from downed cattle are particular dangerous due to increased risk of disease such as E. coli and Salmonella.
The Newport-Mesa School District […]
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