Department of Education Withholds Westland Meat Products (KHON 2 Honolulu) An animal cruelty investigation at a California slaughterhouse has led the Hawaii Department of Education to stop using meat products from the company in question. [News Source]

USDA to investigate possible abuses at California slaughterhouse (North County Times) WASHINGTON -- 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]

I-Team blog: Beef ban for California schools (KGO-TV Bay Area) Dan Noyes blogs on an alert for schools to stop using beef from Westland Meat Co. [News Source]

DM schools guard against contaminated beef (The Des Moines Register) Des Moines school officials will pull all ground beef items from school menus until they are certain that none of the supply comes from a California... [News Source]

NO TERRORISM LIST REMOVAL BEFORE N.K.’S DECLARATION: US ENVOY (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) Trade / foreign investment   The top U.S. envoy to South Korea affirmed Thursday that his government will not remove North Korea from its list of terrorism-sponsoring states until the communist state provides a full declaration of its nuclear stockpile and activities. [News Source]

No Terrorism List Removal Before N.K.’S Declaration: Us Envoy (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) The top U.S. envoy to South Korea affirmed Thursday that his government will not remove North Korea from its list of terrorism-sponsoring states until the communist state provides a full declaration of its nuclear stockpile and activities. [News Source]

Officials: Some OR school districts got meat from CA slaughterhouse (KVAL Eugene) The U.S. Department of Education released a list of Oregon school districts they determined had received ground beef from a meatpacking company at the center of a firestorm over graphic video of its slaughterhouse. [News Source]

Twin Cities schools rearrange menus after federal probe into meat supplier (Pioneer Press) Local districts were scrambling Thursday to rearrange menus after the state education department placed a hold Wednesday on all beef from a California company under investigation for possible violation of animal-cruelty and food safety laws. [News Source]

Sick Cattle Used to Feed School Children (ABC News) Hidden camera investigation found 'downed' cows slaughtered against USDA rules. [News Source]

Feds probe slaughterhouse. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended business with a slaughterhouse here accused of inhumane treatment of sick and injured cows. [News Source]