Healthy Roaming Cows (photo by Alex, courtesy of morguefile.com)

The president of the meat packing company responsible for the largest recall in U.S. history admitted before Congress that sick cows were slaughtered and entered the meat supply as hamburger. The hamburger meat subsequently made its way to the tables of American families and the meals of schoolchildren.

Steve Mendell, CEO of California’s Westland/Hallmark Meat Company, first denied that sick cows were slaughtered at his company’s facility. Then he was shown a video of a "downer" cow being “shocked and abused by workers trying to move it to the ‘kill box,’ then finally shot with a bolt gun and dragged by a chain to the processing area,” according to an article in the New York Times.

A downer cow is one that is unable to stand. It is forbidden to process such cows for food unless a government veterinarian determines that the animal is fit for human consumption. This is due to the risk that they might be infected with the brain sickness commonly referred to as mad cow disease. No such determination was made by a veterinarian at the Westland/Hallmark facility.

To view the New York Times article cited above go to: Meat Packer Admits Slaughter of Sick Cows

To view a previous post on the topic go to: Best to Stick to Organic Beef

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