County landfill buries recalled beef From Seattle Times 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...

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So, where's the beef? Not in local schools From Press CHUCK HAUPT / Press & Sun-Bulletin Anna Bronikowski, with Johnson City Schools food service, serves elementary students chicken patties on Monday, replacing the beef patties that were originally on the menu. "It's going to be awhile before I serve it (beef patties)," said Fran Pierson, director of the food services program for the Chenango Forks School District, which had to throw out seven cases of patties. Some people may question the decision to throw away the beef because the health risk...

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Who’s got the beef to be top class chef? From ic Wales THE race is on to find Wales top Welsh Beef School Cook 2008. The overall winner will earn the coveted title of Welsh Beef School Cook 2008 and their school will form the main focus of HCC's Welsh Beef Day 2008. In light of these changes it is hoped that Welsh beef and Welsh lamb will become staple ingredients to be used by school cooks across Wales.

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State still tackling scope of beef disposal From PressEnterprise SACRAMENTO - California health officials are trying to track down hundreds of beef distributors that did business with the Westland/Hallmark slaughterhouse in Chino, witnesses told a Senate panel Monday during a hearing on the state's handling of the largest beef recall in U.S. history. Jeff Farrar, chief of the state Department of Public Health's food and drug branch, said there were 150 companies that bought beef directly from the company in the past two years. 143 million pounds of beef...

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Name Hudson schools that got recalled beef From The Jersey Journal NJ.com New Jersey school districts - including three in Hudson County - that received hamburger patties, barbecue nuggets and other beef products traced back to the nation's largest meat recall must inform state officials by today whether they still have any inventory of the tainted meat. The state Department of Agriculture yesterday identified about 170 school districts - in all 21 counties in the state - that received meat products from three processing plants supplied by the California packing...

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