Latest Mad Cow Disease News

Which stores sold recalled beef?
Friday March 07th 2008, 5:00 am

Five weeks after the Humane Society's damning undercover video of the Westland / Hallmark slaughterhouse showed the illegal slaughtering of so-called "downer" cows, and more than two weeks after the firm recalled two years-worth of meat, the public still does not know which stores sold the beef. [News Source]

Recalled meats taken to landfill.
Friday March 07th 2008, 5:00 am

Thousands of pounds of recalled meat that had been delivered to the Los Angeles Unified School District were loaded onto trucks Wednesday and taken to a landfill to be disposed. [News Source]

USDA won’t disclose who sold recalled beef.
Friday March 07th 2008, 5:00 am

USDA officials, under fire on Capitol Hill over the largest meat recall in U.S. history, told legislators that they can't disclose a list of 10,000 establishments that sold the recalled meat. [News Source]

Customs officials stop attempts to smuggle beef to China (Japan Today)
Friday March 07th 2008, 2:42 am

OSAKA — Customs officials at Osaka's Kansai International Airport have stopped a series of attempts by departing passengers to smuggle Japanese beef on flights to China, where Japanese beef is a delicacy but imports have been banned because of the mad cow disease scare, sources familiar with the matter said Friday. [News Source]