County landfill buries recalled beef
Feb. 26
The King County landfill is burying thousands of cases of recalled beef this week as area school districts dump potentially contaminated meat from Westland Meat of Chino, Calif. The districts are tossing the meat as part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture recall of 143 million pounds of beef nationwide. Westland Meat, which grinds meat, gets meat from Hallmark. No health problems have been linked to the meat, and USDA officials have said they believe the meat poses little or no hazard to consumers.
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