In apparent close coordination with my previous blog posting, the USDA today issued the largest beef recall in American history -- some 143 million pounds from a California slaughterhouse:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080217/ap_on_bi_ge/slaughterhouse_abuse
The article says the slaughterhouse is the subject of an animal abuse investigation. Where did most of the meat end up? School lunch programs.
A quote from the article: "Federal officials suspended operations at Westland/Hallmark after an undercover Humane Society video surfaced showing crippled and sick animals being shoved with forklifts."
