Man Charged In SoCal Slaughterhouse Abuse Gets Jail Time (NBC 11 Bay Area) One of two men charged with animal cruelty after being caught on videotape apparently abusing cattle at a Southern California slaughterhouse is sentenced to six months in jail. [News Source]

Examiner.com Related Articles: (The San Francisco Examiner) Downer cattle have been largely barred from the food supply since a mad cow disease scare in 2003. The cows pose a higher risk of disease, partly because they often wallow in feces. [News Source]

Worker sentenced in slaughterhouse abuse (The Charlotte Observer) A man caught on video dragging sick cows and shocking them at a Southern California slaughterhouse has been sentenced to six months in jail. Rafael Sanchez Herrera, 34, pleaded guilty Friday in San Bernardino Superior Court to three misdemeanor counts of illegal movement of a non-ambulatory animal. The undercover video shot by the Humane Society of the United States led to a federal ... [News Source]

Worker sentenced in slaughterhouse abuse (AP via Yahoo! News) A man caught on video dragging sick cows and shocking them at a Southern California slaughterhouse has been sentenced to six months in jail. [News Source]

Examiner.com Related Articles: (The San Francisco Examiner) "The public sympathy wasn't going to be on his side," Herrera's lawyer Mario Martinez told the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin . "This was the best possible outcome." [News Source]

Man charged in Chino slaughterhouse abuse gets six months in jail (The Fresno Bee) One of two men charged with animal cruelty after being caught on videotape apparently abusing cattle at a Southern California slaughterhouse has been sentenced to six months in jail. [News Source]

Schafer addresses farm bill, Canadian BSE and Cuban trade (The Prairie Star) There has been no shortage of problems or concerns to face for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new secretary, Ed Schafer. [News Source]

USDA beef recall creates challenge (Tri-State Neighbor) Bo Reagan concedes the beef industry is facing a huge challenge after the USDA recalled 143 million pounds of meat produced at a California plant. [News Source]

Lessons learned from largest U.S. meat recall (AG Weekly) Not since Upton Sinclair’s 1906 book “The Jungle” has the American meat market been this shaken. [News Source]

Young people’s production sends audience into the future (Kern Valley Sun) Sierra Performing Arts (SPA) went Sci-Fi last weekend as they presented 'SAFE,' the musical fantasy adventure written by SPA member Mary Hanawalt, which featured young performers from throughout the Kern River Valley. [News Source]