US: HSUS President testifies at congressional hearing on food safety and humane handling compliance by meat industry - (Humane Society)
April 18, 2008 – 8:25 pmhttp://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/hsus_president_testifies_at_beef_recall_hearing_041708.html
Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, testifies before a U.S. House Subcommittee today in the latest of a series of Congressional hearings resulting from his organization’s undercover investigation of the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company.
Chaired by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and entitled “After the Beef Recall: Exploring Greater Transparency in the Meat Industry,” the Domestic Policy Subcommittee hearing was to address how increased transparency can enhance compliance with food safety laws and humane handling of animals in the nation’s slaughter plants.
“Private undercover investigations such as the one we conducted play an important role in raising public awareness, but they cannot substitute for effective day-to-day oversight of all slaughter plants by the responsible agency,” Pacelle said.
The undercover HSUS video exposed the world to horrific abuses of cows unable to stand and led to the largest meat recall in U.S. history, casting doubt on the USDA’s […]
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