145 Million Pounds of Beef, And We Can’t Fix This. . . From 365observations.com/ Three weeks after The Humane Society released an undercover video of workers abusing cows on the Internet, The Department of Agriculture forced the Westland / Hallmark Meat Company to recall 143 million pounds of beef. I just wish that instead of stopping the abuse of cows The Humane Society could have focused their attention on ridding CNN of Nancy Grace.

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Where's recalled beef? Everywhere From Sacramento Bee Jeff Farrar, chief of the food and drug branch of the state Department of Public Health, said his staff is just about done contacting 150 wholesalers and distributors who bought recalled beef directly from a Southern California slaughterhouse. State and local health officials have stressed that they consider this a low risk recall, because other protections against mad cow disease remained in place and chances of anyone contracting it are remote. Still, the recall is so huge that it's "a...

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Recalled beef found in schools From Bridgewater Courier News Delaware, Delaware Valley Regional, Dunellen, East Amwell, High Bridge, Holland, Kingwood, Lebanon Township, Middlesex, North Hunterdon Regional, North Plainfield, Readington, Somerset County Vocational, Somerset Hills Regional, Somerville, South Hunterdon Regional, Tewksbury and West Amwell are all on the list of school districts that have received meat from the slaughterhouse in question.

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Farmers stage beef protest in Dublin From Irish Times Farmers gathered outside the offices of the EU Commission in Dublin earlier today to protest against new world trade reforms. The protest, organised by the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), sought to draw attention to what it claims are the dangers facing the Irish beef sector. Meanwhile, the Irish Dairy Industry Association (IDIA), the group that represents the Irish dairy processing industry,claimed today that the current proposal on agriculture at the WTO will also undermine the EU dairy...

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Where's the Beef? In Bloomfield From Baristanet Here's one list you don't want to be on: school districts that received part of the 143 million pounds of meat recalled from a California processing plant. (I do use the word "meat" loosley in that context,) whatever, the Meat Packing Companies involved need to be closed, structures torn down, and owners & the workers involved need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent and banned from ever again engaging in any human or pet food manufacturing business.

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