Meat safety problems
02-19-2008
Lawmakers, consumer advocates call for better meat inspection standards after largest meat recall in history. Critics say the failure points up problems with both food safety and animal welfare, as well as USDA's rigid and antiquated inspection system. Beef was recalled after Humane Society secretly filmed workers abusing sick cows at Hallmark/Westland slaughterhouse that supplies school lunch program.
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Tags: BSE, California, Chino, downer cows, e.coli, Food Safety and Inspection Service, food supply, forklifts, George Washington University, Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co., Kenneth Petersen, mad cow disease, meatpacking, Mike Taylor, National School Lunch Program, Office of Field Operations, Office of Inspector General, salmonella, School of Public Health, Steve Mendell, undercover video, USDA
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