Recall of nearly 9 million pounds of meat not fully inspected
Source: CNN
Recall of nearly 9 million pounds of meat not fully inspected
By Greg Botelho and Janet DiGiacomo, CNN
updated 10:04 PM EST, Sat February 8, 2014
(CNN) -- Some 8.7 million pounds of meat from a Northern California company have been recalled because they came from "diseased and unsound" animals that weren't properly inspected, a federal agency announced Saturday.
The recall affecting Rancho Feeding Corporation products -- as detailed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service -- marks a significant expansion of one announced January 13, when just over 40,000 pounds of the company's products were recalled.
According to the U.S. agency, Rancho Feeding "processed diseased and unsound animals and carried out these activities without the benefit or full benefit of federal inspection."
"Thus, the products are adulterated, because they are unsound, unwholesome or otherwise are unfit for human food and must be removed from commerce," the FSIS reported. The Petaluma company made the recall.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/08/us/beef-product-recall/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Systematic Chaos
(8,601 posts)...after a month or more are...?
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)adirondacker
(2,921 posts)tblue
(16,350 posts)Those poor animals. If the meat is bad, and it's being fed to humans, what quality of life do you suppose is provided to these animals? It's not right. It's not.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)RebelOne
(30,947 posts)it makes me thankful I am a vegetarian.
Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)and recalled the meat on their own. You know, businesses regulate themselves and don't need government oversight to stifle them...
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,631 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)One of those dairy's that wants laws to jail any people who try to film and expose the cruelty.
valerief
(53,235 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Seen enough and read enough to know it's bad for you ...and good for corporations.
QuestForSense
(653 posts)DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)That's just over a year's worth of meat products processed by Rancho Feeding Corp., which has been under scrutiny by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service. The agency said that without full inspection, the recalled products are unfit for human consumption.
The products were processed from Jan. 1, 2013, through Jan. 7, 2014, and shipped to distribution centers and retail stores in California, Florida, Illinois and Texas. They include beef carcasses, oxtail, liver, cheeks, tripe, tongue and veal bones.
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