Slaughterhouse owner backs off claims (AP via Yahoo! News) The head of the Southern California slaughterhouse that produced 143 million pounds of recalled beef acknowledged Wednesday that cows too sick to stand at his plant were apparently forced into the nation's food supply in violation of federal rules. [News Source]

Slaughterhouse owner backs off claims (AP via Yahoo! News) The head of the Southern California slaughterhouse that produced 143 million pounds of recalled beef acknowledged Wednesday that cows too sick to stand at his plant were apparently forced into the nation's food supply in violation of federal rules. [News Source]

California beef plant tied to recall admits problems (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The head of the California firm involved in the largest U.S. meat recall in history took responsibility on Wednesday for the problems at his facility and told lawmakers for the first time that meat from illegally processed cattle may have entered the food supply. [News Source]

Executive acknowledges illegal slaughter (AP via Yahoo! News) The president of the California slaughterhouse at the center of the largest beef recall in U.S. history acknowledged Wednesday that cows too sick to stand apparently were forced into the food supply at his plant. [News Source]

‘Downer’ cows hit food supply (CNN Money) After previous denials, meat company president admits to slaughtering 'downer' cows, increasing mad cow contamination risk in the food supply. [News Source]

‘Downer’ cows entered food supply, company admits (CNN.com) In his first public testimony since his company's product became the subject of the largest meat recall in U.S. history, the president of Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. acknowledged Wednesday that at least two "downer" cows depicted in hidden-camera videos appeared to have entered the U.S. food supply. [News Source]

Meat Packer Admits Slaughter of Sick Cows (New York Times) The president of a slaughterhouse at the heart of the largest-ever meat recall grudgingly admitted that his company had apparently introduced sick cows into the hamburger supply. [News Source]

Beef recall update: Meat company president to testify. The president of Westland/Hallmark Meat, which last month launched the largest meat recall in U.S. history, says the videotape that exposed inhumane handling of cows at his facility did not include any that were slaughtered and put into the U.S. food supply. [News Source]

P.E.I. announces support for beef producers (CBC Prince Edward Island) Beef producers on P.E.I. will benefit from a new $3-million program from the provincial government. [News Source]

Sick cows never made food supply, meat plant owner says (Orange County Register) BREAKING NEWS: Steven Mendell tells a House panel the cows at the Chino plant were euthanized; humane society says its video proves otherwise. [News Source]