April 25, 2008By The Editor
Meat suppliers advocate full ban on downer cows.
The meat industry on Tuesday called upon the government to ban all downer cows from the national food supply, an about-face that comes in the wake of the record recall of 143 million pounds of beef from a Chino slaughterhouse.
Some California dairy farmers and cattle producers immediately embraced the move, which comes amid international concerns about the safety of U.S. meat and pressure from lawmakers and animal advocates, who pointed to the Chino meat scandal as evidence of an inadequate federal meat inspection system.
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Press Enterprise | Posted 4/25/2008
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