Slaughterhouse owner backs off claims. 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]

Panel grills meatpacking chief on beef recall at Chino plant. The president of the Chino meatpacking plant that triggered the largest beef recall in U.S. history admitted that crippled cows--more likely to carry disease--probably entered the food supply. [News Source]

Meat Packer Admits Slaughter of Sick Cows (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

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.

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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]

Meat Packer Admits Slaughter of Sick Cows (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance) 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]

Too little testing for mad cow, critics say Recall Renews Mad Cow Worry (The Press-Enterprise) After the country's first mad cow case was found in 2003, the federal government ramped up testing cattle for the fatal disease. But in 2006, officials scaled it back by 90 percent, citing the "extremely low" incidence of the disease in the United States. [News Source]

Too little testing for mad cow, critics say Recall Renews Mad Cow Worry (The Press-Enterprise) After the country's first mad cow case was found in 2003, the federal government ramped up testing cattle for the fatal disease. But in 2006, officials scaled it back by 90 percent, citing the "extremely low" incidence of the disease in the United States. [News Source]