Green Options » Hallmark Meat Packing http://greenoptions.com/tag/hallmark-meat-packing Posts tagged 'Hallmark Meat Packing' Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:30:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en A Shocking Exposure of the Meat Industry http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/02/01/a-shocking-exposure-of-the-meat-industry/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/02/01/a-shocking-exposure-of-the-meat-industry/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:30:35 +0000 Beth Bader http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/02/01/a-shocking-exposure-of-the-meat-industry/ The Humane Society released a rather shocking video that was filmed at Hallmark Meat Packing in Chino, CA. The video shows downed cattle being lifted with a forklift and prodded in order to get them on their feet to pass USDA inspection. (Warning, the footage is graphic in showing the abuse of the animals). It’s difficult to link to this, but it is important information that parents of school-aged children need to know about.

Perhaps most shocking of all is that this company had been a leading supplier of beef for the National School Lunch program, meaning that the meat from potentially diseased animals, animals too sick to stand, was processed and sold to schools, 100 million pounds of beef since 2002 in fact.

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