EDITORIAL: Would you like sick cow with those fries? - (New York Times)
February 15, 2008 – 6:08 pmThe hamburger is one of the great culinary inventions of all time. Bread, meat, veggies, and a little sauce, and there you have itall the basic food groups, plus fat.
New York City school officials interrupted the good eating this week out of concern that an unwelcome ingredient had found its way into the hamburgers it was serving the kids: sick or downed cows.
A Humane Society video revealed the way workers beat or otherwise abused sick cows at the California company so they would appear well enough to be slaughtered. It is not for the faint of heart, but the grusome evidence is here:
After viewing the footage and launching its own investigation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has shut down the California plant and assured consumers that these animals had not reached the market. That gives little comfort, however, given the departments spotty record of identifying non-ambulatory cows.
New York Citys school […]
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