Slaughter House Investigation Reveals Sick Cows Being Processed (KFOX 14 El Paso) The Humane Society of the United States released Wednesday a disturbing video and details of an investigation into meat safety. [News Source]

Chino Slaughterhouse Probed Over Animal Cruelty (CBS 5 Bay Area) A Southern California meat-packing company was barred from supplying school lunch and other programs Wednesday while federal investigators look into videotapes that showed workers mistreating sick dairy cows. [News Source]

Meat Company Fires 2 Over Cruelty to Livestock (Washington Post) A California slaughterhouse yesterday fired two employees, and the Agriculture Department opened a formal investigation following revelations that the plant used inhumane and what appear to be illegal methods to get sick and hobbled cows past federal inspectors. [News Source]

Videotape Prompts Calif. Cow Abuse Investigation (NBC 11 Bay Area) Agriculture Department officials review videotape released by the Humane Society after an undercover investigation at a San Bernardino County slaughterhouse. [News Source]

California plant accused of torturing unfit cows (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The Humane Society of the United States said on Wednesday a California slaughterhouse was using a range of torture including "waterboarding" to prod unfit animals into the slaughterhouse so they could be processed into food that may have ended up in school lunch programs. [News Source]

USDA to review Calif. slaughterhouse (AP via Yahoo! News) The Agriculture Department said Wednesday it would investigate whether sick dairy cows were mistreated at a California slaughterhouse in violation of state and federal laws designed to ensure food safety and prevent animal cruelty. [News Source]

Meat From ‘Sick’ Cows Could Have Been Sent to Schools (FOX 5 Washington D.C.) A nationwide animal abuse investigation and it all ends up in your child's school cafeteria. The investigation showed a fork-lift being used to shove a “sick” cow into a slaughterhouse. [News Source]

Humane Society Investigates Slaughterhouse (WSOC-TV Charlotte) Wednesday, the Humane Society of the United States released a disturbing video and details of an investigation into meat safety. [News Source]

Humane Society Releases Disturbing Video On Animal Slaughtering (WHIO-TV 7 Dayton) On Wednesdsay, the Humane Society of the United States released a disturbing video and details of an investigation into meat safety. [News Source]

High mercury level warnings fail to put Japanese off tuna (The Japan Times) Kazuhiro Ukiuchi loves his tuna sushi, and he tries to have it once a week — despite the common knowledge in Japan the popular fish can contain toxic mercury. Read more ... [News Source]