Biggest beef recall ever

Another argument in favour of becoming a vegetarian.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday, February 17 ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of beef from a Southern California slaughterhouse that is the subject of an animal-abuse investigation.

The recall will affect beef products dating to Feb. 1, 2006, that came from Chino-based Westland/Hallmark Meat Co., the federal agency said.

Operations at Westland/Hallmark were suspended after an undercover video from the Humane Society of the United States surfaced showing crippled and sick animals being shoved with forklifts.

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