Slaughterhouse Snafu

In February 2008, the Department of Agriculture recalled 143 million pounds of beef after a California slaughterhouse was accused of improperly butchering downer cattle (those too sick or feeble to walk to slaughter). Most of the meat had already been consumed by the time the recall got out. It was the largest meat recall in history and included cattle that had been slaughtered up to two years prior, starting Feb. 1, 2006. Thirty-seven million pounds of the recalled beef had gone to the National School Lunch Program, much of which was identified and removed. Remarkably, no injuries or illnesses were ever reported.

大混亂的屠宰場

在2008年二月，農(nóng)業(yè)部在接到對加利福尼亞州的一屠宰場不按規(guī)定而去屠宰跪倒不能起身的牛（這些牛多為有病或年邁而無法行走）召回1億4千3百萬磅牛肉。大部分牛肉在發(fā)出召回通知之前就已經(jīng)被吃了。自從2006年2月1號開始，并屠宰了兩年的牛導致了這歷史上最大的生肉的召回事件。其中3千7百萬磅牛肉已經(jīng)賣給了國家學校午餐項目，不過其中的很大一部分已經(jīng)被辨認出來并且處理了。值得注意的是，并無疾病報告。

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