Schools pull suspect beef from lunch menus
Feb. 03
Most Douglas County students won't see beef on their school lunch menus for a while. Westland actually processes the carcasses of meat supplied to it by Hallmark Meat Packing Co., where the mistreatment allegedly occurred. So far there's no evidence that the meat was tainted, Evans said, but the department is encouraging schools to put aside all their ground beef from the USDA until more information is available. The school won't use any of the beef it has on hand, either, until it's absolutely sure the meat didn't come from Westland, Newton said. Food Service Supervisor Peggy Grant doesn't believe any of the company's beef came from Westland, but she said any questionable meat will be pulled.
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