Sick Cows Hit Food Supply
It's interesting to see the mainstream media covering a situation that points straight to one of the list of "social sins" allegedly newly added to the list of mortal sins I wrote about yesterday (which is not truly the case.) For it seems to be pure greed that is behind this company's actions.
It appears that they where well aware of the illegality of placing downed cows into the food supply. But the greed must have stepped in from the fact that they are able to purchase these cows for pennies on the dollar because of their sick state. And if they can turn that small investment around by having these sicks cows appear well enough to enter the chute and move on to slaughter, they've just made a large profit on that small investment. So they dragged them by chains, jabbed them with forklifts and shocked them with cattle prods, all in attempt to get them in the chute.
It took undercover video from the Humane Society to finally bring the situation the attention it deserved. This attention has, rightfully so, included an appearance in front of the House Energy and Commerce investigative subcommittee.
"The head of the Southern California slaughterhouse at the center of the largest beef recall in U.S. history acknowledged Wednesday that cattle were illegally slaughtered at his plant and that cows too sick to stand were forced into the food supply.
Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. President Steve Mendell made the admissions after a congressional panel forced him to watch undercover video of abuses of cattle at his plant. Mendell watched head-in-hand as cows were dragged by chains, jabbed by forklifts and shocked to get them into the box where they'd be slaughtered.
Afterward he briefly bowed his head, then backed away from claims he made in his written testimony that no ill cows from his plant entered the food supply."
The end result: 143 million pounds of beef were recalled, 50 million of which was headed for your children's school lunches. How does that make you feel?
(The above quote is from an AP article on the congressional hearing.)
It appears that they where well aware of the illegality of placing downed cows into the food supply. But the greed must have stepped in from the fact that they are able to purchase these cows for pennies on the dollar because of their sick state. And if they can turn that small investment around by having these sicks cows appear well enough to enter the chute and move on to slaughter, they've just made a large profit on that small investment. So they dragged them by chains, jabbed them with forklifts and shocked them with cattle prods, all in attempt to get them in the chute.
It took undercover video from the Humane Society to finally bring the situation the attention it deserved. This attention has, rightfully so, included an appearance in front of the House Energy and Commerce investigative subcommittee.
"The head of the Southern California slaughterhouse at the center of the largest beef recall in U.S. history acknowledged Wednesday that cattle were illegally slaughtered at his plant and that cows too sick to stand were forced into the food supply.
Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. President Steve Mendell made the admissions after a congressional panel forced him to watch undercover video of abuses of cattle at his plant. Mendell watched head-in-hand as cows were dragged by chains, jabbed by forklifts and shocked to get them into the box where they'd be slaughtered.
Afterward he briefly bowed his head, then backed away from claims he made in his written testimony that no ill cows from his plant entered the food supply."
The end result: 143 million pounds of beef were recalled, 50 million of which was headed for your children's school lunches. How does that make you feel?
(The above quote is from an AP article on the congressional hearing.)
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