Mar 9 2008

The meat recall saga continues

This week’s events:  The USDA won’t tell Congress the names of the stores or companies that received their share of the 143 million pounds of recalled meat; one of the packing plant’s employees, who makes $9 per hour, has been indicted for animal cruelty; and the role of the Humane Society in all of this is now called into question.  Stay tuned.

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  • Ashley
  • March 12, 2008
  • 3:58 pm

This is a repost:
I recently read an article by Tim Phillpot about the consolidation of the meat industry and how this gives them leverage to control how beef is raised and sold. Apparently JBS (Brazil) is planning on buying National Beef Packing here in the US. The comments say that most analysts think the deals are positive. What do you think are the ramifications of such a concentration of power and influence?
The article can be found at:
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/3/5/13322/15057

  • Fentry
  • March 13, 2008
  • 5:53 pm

I find it shocking that a bureaucracy believes it doesn’t have to answer questions put to it by the Congress.

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