Feb 1, 2008 11:08 am US/Pacific
Schools Urged To Boycott Beef Over Cruelty Case
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Image from Humane Society video of alleged cow abuse.
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The California Department of Education is urging school districts throughout the state, including the LAUSD, to stop serving all but a few beef products after allegations that a Chino-based meat supplier butchered weak or ill cattle.
The department's Nutrition Services Division advised agencies Thursday not to use beef products from Westland Meat Co. -- a National School Lunch Program supplier -- until further notice.
"In addition, we recommend that agencies not use any processed end-products containing beef pending further instructions," the alert said, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Such beef products would include uncooked ground beef used in hamburgers, meatballs and "teriyaki dippers," officials said, according to The Times.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Wednesday indefinitely suspended use of all Westland Meat Co. products following allegations by the Humane Society of the United States, the Los Angeles Unified School District reported.
Dennis Barrett, director of LAUSD food services, planned to meet with reporters at the LAUSD food warehouse in Pico Rivera Friday morning to discuss the district's response to the ban on Westland beef products.
The actions against Westland follow news that the USDA is investigating the company after the release of a video showing slaughterhouse workers using forklifts and water hoses to move or rouse weak and sick cows before slaughter.
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