Beef Recall

- Ricardo Lopez
- March 5, 2014
-http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-rancho-cancer-cows-20140306,0,5117619.story#axzz2v9RAlqNZ

Rancho Feeding Corporation recently recalled nine million pounds of beef. According to the Freedom of Information Act the meat sent out to sell came from cows that had eye cancer. This corporation sold to many retail stores; such as Wal-mart, Food 4 Less, and Kroger. They also worked with Nestle who had to recall their Hot Pockets because of the beef. U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said they found two cattle heads with cancer and it made it into markets without having been inspected. Logically and thankfully, it is illegal to sell meat of diseased animals for human consumption. The recall started off with only 42,000 pound, later expanded to 8.7 million pounds, the largest recalls in recent history. Even though consumers are unlikely to get sick from this, regulators have been investigating Rancho Feeding. So far "they have accused of processing and selling 'diseased and unsound animals' without a full federal inspection". Along with this, more documents have been found stating unsanitary conditions in Rancho Feeding Corporation. In months before investigators  noticed fecal on carcass, excessive flies, and improper sanitization of surfaces and knives. Since then the slaughterhouse has reopened under new management.