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AP Photo: UPDATES Source; Chart shows where there are vacancies for slaughterhouse inspectors and what percentage of inspector positions are vacant; 2c x 3 inches; 96.3 mm x 76.2 mm (biz.yahoo.com.....html?.v=2)
I'll be visiting Dresden in August, is there really a slaughterhouse there that was referenced by Vonnegut? Is it still around? A Google search does not reveal anythin (www.tripadvisor.com....axony.html)
LOS ANGELES Sometimes, government inspectors responsible for examining slaughterhouse cattle for mad cow disease and other ills are so short-staffed that they find themselves peering down from catwalks at hundreds of animals at once, looking for such telltale signs as droopy ears, stumbling gait and facial paralysis. (news.yahoo.com....ouse_abuse)
The ranks of inspectors are so thin that slaughterhouse workers often figure out when "surprise" visits are about to take place, and make sure they are on their best behavior (news.yahoo.com....ouse_abuse)
The USDA recalled the beef after the Humane Society of the United States released undercover video that showed slaughterhouse workers at the Chino-based Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. kicking and shoving sick and crippled cows and forcing them to stand with electric prods, forklifts and water hoses. (news.yahoo.com....ouse_abuse)
LOS ANGELES The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse , the subject of an animal-abuse investigation, that provided meat to school lunch programs. (news.yahoo.com....ouse_abuse)
Authorities said the video showed workers kicking, shocking and otherwise abusing "downer" animals that were apparently too sick or injured to walk into the slaughterhouse . Some animals had water forced down their throats, San Bernardino County prosecutor Michael Ramos said (news.yahoo.com....ouse_abuse)
UPDATES Source; Chart shows where there are vacancies for slaughterhouse inspectors and what percentage of inspector positions are vacant; 2c x 3 inches; 96.3 mm x 76.2 mm (seattlepi.nwsource.com....abuse.html)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse , the subject of an animal-abuse investigation, that provided meat to school lunch programs (biz.yahoo.com....abuse.html)
Authorities said the video showed workers kicking, shocking and otherwise abusing "downer" animals that were apparently too sick or injured to walk into the slaughterhouse . Some animals had water forced down their throats, San Bernardino County prosecutor Michael Ramos sai (biz.yahoo.com....abuse.html)
AP Photo: A worker throws a piece of meat among cattle carcass scraps dropped into a truck at the Hallmark Meat Packing slaughterhouse in Chino, Calif. in this Jan. 30, 2008 file photo. (biz.yahoo.com....abuse.html)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse , the subject of an animal-abuse investigation, that provided meat to school lunch program (biz.yahoo.com....html?.v=10)
The USDA recalled 143 million pounds of beef from the Chino-based slaughterhouse after the U.S. Humane Society released undercover video that showed slaughterhouse workers there kicking and shoving sick and crippled cows and forcing them to stand with electric prods, forklifts and water hose (news.yahoo.com....buse_trade)
Russell said Westland belongs to the 400-member association, which represents slaughterhouse s and meat processors in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australia . The recall has not only tarnished the company's reputation, but has hurt the image of the entire supply chain, Russell said. (biz.yahoo.com.....html?.v=2)
Federal regulations discourage slaughterhouse s from processing downer cows into meat because they may pose a higher risk of contamination from E. coli, salmonella or mad cow disease, but the USDA still permits them to be used with an inspector's approval, he said (www.salon.com....use_abuse/)
The USDA recalled 143 million pounds of beef from the Chino-based slaughterhouse after the U.S. Humane Society released undercover video that showed slaughterhouse workers there kicking and shoving sick and crippled cows and forcing them to stand with electric prods, forklifts and water hoses (www.foxnews.com....de,00.html)
Vonnegut is still more cult favorite than literary lion (and he probably prefers it that way), but he deserves full canonical marks for this kaleidoscopic koan of a novel about Billy Pilgrim, a man who has "become unstuck in time." Pilgrim ricochets helplessly from decade to decade, living the episodes of his life in no particular sequence, not excluding his own death, his capture by aliens called Tralfamadorians, and his traumatic service in World War II, when he lives through the firebombing of Dresden . Slaughterhouse -Five is a cynical novel, but beneath the bitter, grim-jawed humor is a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the 20th century. L. (www.time.com....ve,00.html)
Industry critics say the staff shortages are compounded by a change in USDA regulations in the late 1990s that gave slaughterhouse s more responsibility for devising their own safety checklists and for reporting downer cows to the USDA when inspectors are not present (news.yahoo.com....ouse_abuse)
That policy places slaughterhouse s on an honor system that can lead to abuse in an industry that thrives on close attention to costs, said Stan Painter, chairman for the National Joint Council of Food Inspection Locals, which represents 6,000 inspectors nationwid (news.yahoo.com....ouse_abuse)
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