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Largest Recall of Ground Beef Is Ordered 2/18/08 by the Westland/Hallmark Meat Company
Courtesy of the NY Times: Largest Recall of Ground Beef Is Ordered Published: February 18, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/business/18recall.html?th&emc=th A California meat company on Sunday issued the largest beef recall in history, 143 million pounds, some of which was used in school lunch programs, Department of Agriculture officials announced. The recall by the Westland/Hallmark Meat Company, based in Chino, Calif., comes after a widening animal-abuse scandal that started after the Humane Society of the United States distributed an undercover video on Jan. 30 that showed workers kicking sick cows and using forklifts to force them to walk.Nation Waits for FDA Overhaul
Agency is so understaffed, it inspects less than 1 percent of imported food Tom Costello Published April 26, 2009 by NBC News The Food and Drug Administration may be the only federal agency that both political parties agree is in desperate need of an overhaul. The FDA is so understaffed it inspects less than 1 percent of imported food.President Barack Obama is promising action, though progress has been slow in the first 100 days. His choice to head the FDA - Dr.Call Your Legislators Today to Protect Downed Farm Animals!
This is from an E-mail I received from the Humane Society and thought it appropriate to share with this group: Today is National Call-In Day for Downed Farm Animals! Our recent undercover investigation of the cruel treatment of cows at a California slaughter plant has sparked renewed attention to the downer issue, with several Congressional hearings and bills introduced. Now it's essential that we keep Congress focused on the issue and ensure they take action.Food industry defends carbon monoxide use in meat
Food industry defends carbon monoxide use in meat By Christopher Doering Reuters Tuesday, November 13, 2007; 5:57 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two of the biggest U.S. meat processors on Tuesday defended a packaging technique designed to keep meat looking fresh at grocery stores even as U.S. lawmakers criticized it as unsafe and misleading.
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