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Ziali — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:14:46 GMT

Workers at the Rancho Feeding Corp. were up to something pretty stomach-churning while inspectors were on their lunch break, according to a federal indictment: They slaughtered cows with eye cancer, hid the heads in gut bins, and placed the heads of healthy cows next to the carcasses. The co-owners and two employees of the northern California slaughterhouse have been indicted on charges of conspiring to distribute adulterated, misbranded, and uninspected meat, as well as mail fraud for selling some of the beef through the post, reports the Los Angeles Times.

The indictment also alleges that slaughterhouse workers were ordered to carve out the "USDA Condemned" stamps from cows condemned by inspectors and process them anyway. The disturbing allegations first surfaced earlier this year, soon after 8.7 million pounds of potentially "unsound" beef and veal products linked to the plant were recalled, affecting companies including Nestle, Walmart, and Kroger. The defendants named in the rare federal indictment face up to 20 years if found guilty. "There are very few criminal prosecutions generally in food cases, and there are very few and far between in meat cases," a food safety attorney tells KQED. "They're facing some severe jail time and some severe fines."

http://www.newser.com/story/192659/feds-slaughterhouse-swapped-heads-to-fool-inspectors.html

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pattypeep — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:20:52 GMT

Aww, jeez ! What next ?

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croemer — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:25:30 GMT

We were in the cattle business for years. That has been going on since way back. I went with my husband to the sale lot and got more education then I would ever want to know...think hotdogs.

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Puzzle Piece — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:32:06 GMT

Thanks for the info. NOW THIS IS REAL NEWS.

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Lucky Charm — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:38:21 GMT

I can only imagine the horrors the poor animals had to live through.

Meat....bleck.

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Free2be — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:00:12 GMT

What they did with the sick cows has caused a huge amount of loss and damage to so many small producers -- it's a travesty. The facility was purchased, renamed, all previous managers and administrators were not hired back. Now the drought has put raising and processing in jeopardy.

The worry is that small scale (individual farms) will not survive. Giant processors will take over. Everyone suffers.

There were no reported illnesses due to the meat processed back in January.

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bikerbabe — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:10:20 GMT

It really is appalling what we (as a country) have allowed to happen to our food industry. Aside from the obvious disturbing and unforgivable animal cruelty, what is it doing to our long term health?

I am increasingly moving to organic only produce and eggs through a CSA (community supported agriculture) delivered to my door and grass fed beef.

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qvcaddition — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:16:05 GMT

rI live in this town, but do not eat meat or chicken anymore. Haven,t for awhile. Even our vegetables are not safe anymore. If field workers don,t get potty breaks. This will get spoofed, but that is my opinion of why we are getting disease from the fields.

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Ziali — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:40:49 GMT

On 8/19/2014 qvcaddition said: I live in this town, but do not eat meat or chicken anymore. Haven,t for awhile. Even out verges are not safe anymore. If field workers don,t get potatoes breaks. This will get spoofed, but that is my opinion of why we are getting disease from the fields.

I don't understand your post...English please.

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qvcaddition — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 19:16:31 GMT

Had to edit, potty breaks, English enough?

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Ziali — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 19:26:56 GMT

On 8/19/2014 qvcaddition said:
rI live in this town, but do not eat meat or chicken anymore. Haven,t for awhile. Even our vegetables are not safe anymore. If field workers don,t get potty breaks. This will get spoofed, but that is my opinion of why we are getting disease from the fields.

Well that makes much more sense. Thank you! Eeeeeuuuuwwwww

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Shaunac — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 19:38:59 GMT

Next time put a WARNING in the title.

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Ziali — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 19:45:42 GMT

Next time don't read it.

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------ — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 19:47:11 GMT

OMG gross.

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Ziali — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 19:50:21 GMT

Gross but something we need to know about how are food sources are being treated!

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sylviahomeatlast — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 19:52:18 GMT

where do you all get this kind of information? gross

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croemer — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 19:53:18 GMT

On 8/19/2014 Ziali said:
Next time don't read it.

Pass on the hot dogs. Took me years to eat them after my edumacation. Have to say I now eat one now and then...but block all thoughts.

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Ziali — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 19:53:32 GMT

On 8/19/2014 sylviahomeatlast said: where do you all get this kind of information? gross

It was in my local paper so I looked it up online.

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Gooday — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 19:55:55 GMT

On 8/19/2014 croemer said:
On 8/19/2014 Ziali said:
Next time don't read it.

Pass on the hot dogs. Took me years to eat them after my edumacation. Have to say I now it one now and then...but block all thoughts.

Ahhh....it all goes down the same way so, this does not bother me. I cook out all the germs. What the heck, there is crud on veggies and fruit so, again, this does not bother me. I've had bad things in my mouth before and I'm sure I will again.

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Preds — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 20:02:33 GMT

On 8/19/2014 Gooday said:
On 8/19/2014 croemer said:
On 8/19/2014 Ziali said:
Next time don't read it.

Pass on the hot dogs. Took me years to eat them after my edumacation. Have to say I now it one now and then...but block all thoughts.

Ahhh....it all goes down the same way so, this does not bother me. I cook out all the germs. What the heck, there is crud on veggies and fruit so, again, this does not bother me. I've had bad things in my mouth before and I'm sure I will again.

Sorry, hiccup.