Beef producers support this biggest recall
CLINT PECK
Billings Gazette
The beef industry continues to condemn the actions by Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co. of Chino, Calif., that have led to the largest recall of beef products in history. But it needs to be made clear that this was not a food safety recall, and there is no evidence that any of the 143.3 million pounds of recalled beef was tainted in any way or presented a danger to consumers. This Class II recall was prompted because there were violations in USDA Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) pre-harvest inspection procedures that allowed beef from nonambulatory (“downer”) cattle into commerce.
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