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Mar 6, 2008 2:51 pm US/Pacific

USDA Wants Award Back From SoCal Slaughterhouse

CHINO (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Undercover video shows a sick cow being jabbed with forklift blades at the Hallmark Meat Packing Co. in Chino, Calif.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has revoked a "supplier of the year award" given to a Southern California slaughterhouse after inhumane treatment of cows prompted the largest beef recall in history.

A USDA spokeswoman says the government is also asking Chino-based Hallmark/Westland Meat Co. for its plaque back. The plant, which supplied one-fifth of the beef used in the federal school lunch program, won the award in the 2004-2005 school year.

Hallmark owner Steve Mendell has not returned repeated calls for comment.