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School Districts That Got Recalled Beef Are ListedThe Department of Agriculture on Thursday released a list of all school districts nationwide that received beef included in last month’s recall of 143 million pounds of meat from a California slaughterhouse. The 226-page document, which the agency released under pressure from lawmakers, includes a list of so-called “school food authorities” — the rough equivalent of school districts — that received the recalled beef. The Department of Agriculture issued the largest beef recall in United States history last month after the Humane Society of the United States released undercover video showing workers at Hallmark/Westland Meat Company in Chino, Calif., forcing sick cows onto a slaughterhouse kill floor by using forklifts, electric prods and high-pressure water hoses. There have been no reported illnesses from the meat, and agriculture officials emphasized that the chances of someone becoming sick was slim. The meat was recalled because cows that cannot stand on their own — called “downer cows” — are typically banned from the human food supply because they are more susceptible to certain illnesses, including mad cow disease. While praising the release of the school information, Representative Rosa DeLauro, Democrat from Connecticut, said the Department of Agriculture should also release a complete list of retail stores that received the recalled beef. The list of school districts that received the beef is available at an agency Web site. A cover sheet accompanying the list noted that because the recall covered a two-year period, students at any one school on the list might not have consumed potentially tainted beef. The memorandum also noted that the inclusion of a school food authority did not necessarily mean that all schools within that district had received the beef. Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationE-Commerce Report: As Domestic Sales Slow, Travel Sites Go Global...Garmin Tops a Bid for a Mapmaker... Kazakh Leader Eases Tensions Over Oil Project... Massachusetts: Plea in Big Dig Case... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - School Districts That Got Recalled Beef Are Listed |
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