Archive for the 'Department of Agriculture' Category

The best offense is a good STIHL.

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Slaughterhouse exec defends himself
By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer 13 minutes ago
The head of the Southern California slaughterhouse at the center of the largest beef recall in U.S. history said Wednesday no unsafe beef was processed at his plant but that his company is ruined despite no evidence of contamination.
Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. President Steve Mendell […]

Or, we could call it 582 million Quarter-Pounders…

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Huge beef recall stems from Calif. plant
By GREG RISLING, Associated Press Writer Mon Feb 18, 2:11 AM ET
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse, the subject of an animal-abuse investigation, that provided meat to school lunch programs.
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Officials said […]