In stunning testimony on Capitol Hill, Steve Mendell, President of the now defunct Westland/Hallmark Meat Company, admitted that so-called “downer cows,” cows too sick to stand on their own, were illegally slaughtered and forced into the US food supply.
AP:
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.
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