Beef recall upsets N.J. schools. New Jersey schools are expected to learn Monday if they were one of at least 250 across the state that received ground beef from a meatpacker accused of slaughtering sick and crippled cows. [News Source]

Jersey schools got tainted meat from Calif. plant. Tainted meat from a California meatpacking plant, which was shut down after the nation's largest beef recall, made its way to more than 100 New Jersey schools participating in federal lunch programs, state officials said yesterday. [News Source]

Beef recall affects trade negotiations. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said Friday that the nation's largest beef recall has delayed negotiations to ship U.S. beef to Japan and South Korea. [News Source]