Dumpling scare exposes Japan’s food dependency (TODAYonline) Japan Tobacco employees check packages of frozen Chinese dumplings in Sashima province , which were recalled from supermarkets after being imported from China by JT Foods. [News Source]

Dumpling scare exposes Japan’s food dependency (AFP via Yahoo! News) A nationwide alarm in Japan over toxic Chinese dumplings is a wake-up call for an agriculture policy that has left the nation at the mercy of imported food, analysts say. [News Source]

Schools, burger chains halt use of beef from slaughterhouse (North County Times) LOS ANGELES -- Two major hamburger chains and dozens of school districts around the nation have banned meat from a Chino slaughterhouse after a video showed workers brutalizing sick and crippled cows, officials said Friday. [News Source]

Schools stop serving beef due to meatpacking scandal in Chino (North County Times) NORTH COUNTY ---- Schools across North County have stopped serving beef as state and federal officials investigate allegations of animal cruelty and food-safety violations at a Chino meatpacking plant that supplies beef to schools and prisons, school administrators said Friday. [News Source]

Swiss Sausage Fans Fret Over How to Save Their Skin (New York Times) The casing of the cervelas, the national sausage, is made of a component banned by the European Union. [News Source]

Beef pulled from local school menus. Coachella Valley public schools scrambled Friday to switch up lunch menus after video emerged from a Chino beef slaughterhouse showing workers brutalizing sick and crippled cows. [News Source]

Schools, Burger Chains Halt Use Of Beef From Slaughterhouse (CattleNetwork.com) LOS ANGELES (AP)--The hamburger chains Jack in the Box INc. (JBX) and In-N-Out as well more than 150 school districts around the nation have banned meat from a Chino slaughterhouse after a video showed workers brutalizing sick and crippled cows, officials said Friday. [News Source]

Colorado wildlife managers prepare emergency feeding plans for big game (The Aspen Times) GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. [News Source]

Beef on school menus goes on hold (Tacoma News Tribune) Beef will be off lunch menus at schools around Washington next week as nutrition officials sort out the facts surrounding reports of mistreatment of cows at a California slaughterhouse. [News Source]

Beef pulled from local school menus (The Desert Sun) Coachella Valley public schools scrambled Friday to switch up lunch menus after video emerged from a Chino beef slaughterhouse showing workers brutalizing sick and crippled cows. [News Source]