Illegal Cow Slaughter

[Holy Diver]

Man, Oh Man.....

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g...FXmPgD8VC0GVO0

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Southern California slaughterhouse at the center of the largest beef recall in U.S. history acknowledged Wednesday that cattle were illegally slaughtered at his plant and that cows too sick to stand were forced into the food supply.

Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. President Steve Mendell made the admissions after a congressional panel forced him to watch undercover video of abuses of cattle at his plant. Mendell watched head-in-hand as cows were dragged by chains, jabbed by forklifts and shocked to get them into the box where they'd be slaughtered.

Afterward he briefly bowed his head, then backed away from claims he made in his written testimony that no ill cows from his plant entered the food supply.

So-called downer cattle are mostly barred by federal regulations from entering the food supply because they have a higher risk of infection.

The panel's chairman, Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., asked Mendell whether it was logical to conclude from the video that at least two downer cows entered the nation's food supply.

"That would be logical, yes sir," Mendell said.

"Has your company ever illegally slaughtered, processed, or sold a downer cow?" Stupak asked.

"I didn't think we had sir," Mendell said.


Video: http://www.crooksandliars.com/Media/...-Slaughter.wmv

[Wildo7]

I'm no vegetarian or PETA type, but I care about animal rights. The way we treat the animals we eat is disgusting.

[scout]

If the plant manager/owner slaughtered cows that were sick those guys are toast. They will lose their jobs and never work that industry again, fined and possibly imprisoned. I have a friend who is a USDA inspector and those guys do not F' around. I witnessed first hand a meat plant that was shut down for good for mislabeling the boxes of pattys. This owner tried his connections with his political friends and got nothing. This was for mislabeling boxes vs slaughtering sick cows.