Personal Injury Law

Cargill linked Beef Packers, Inc., Electrically Stunned Cows Prior to Slaughter

By Bill Marler, Esq.

According to Garance Burke, super AP reporter, USDA records show that Cargill linked - Beef Packers, Inc., that recalled tons of hamburger meat due to salmonella fears was slapped with humane handling violations in a government review of meatpacking plants last year.

At least 28 people in three Western states have reported salmonella-related illnesses since Fresno-based Beef Packers Inc. (Cargill) recalled nearly 826,000 pounds of ground beef last Thursday.

U.S. Department of Agriculture auditors visited there in March 2008. Inspection records show some cattle there were being electrically stunned and rendered unconscious so they could be pulled through an area inside the slaughterhouse.  Although the video below is from the infamous Hallmark Westland incident (recall was eventually over 143,000,000 pounds), one can only imagine what was ongoing in Fresno.

Full post as published by Marler Blog on August 11, 2009 (boomark / email).