SoCal slaughterhouse at center of recall (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Mon, 02/18/2008 - 3:15am

A worker throws a piece of meat among cattle carcass scraps dropped into a truck at the Hallmark Meat Packing slaughterhouse in Chino, Calif. in this Jan. 30, 2008 file photo.<br /><br />The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday recalled 143 million pounds of frozen beef from from Chino-based Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. a Southern California slaughterhouse that is being investigated for mistreating cattle.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)AP - An undercover video showing crippled and sick animals being shoved with forklifts has led to the largest beef recall in the United States and a scramble to find out if any of the meat is still destined for school children's lunches.



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