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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-25-08 01:00 AM
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RIP Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co
Meatpacker to shut down permanently after recall
Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:12pm EST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co, which issued the biggest meat recall in U.S. history last week, will likely shut down permanently, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The report on Saturday quoted the company's general manager Anthony Magidow as saying that cash had become tight and he saw no way the company could reopen.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co was recalling 143 million lbs of meat, mostly beef, after plant workers were caught on videotape forcing unfit cattle into the slaughterhouse.

"I don't see any way we could reopen," Magidow was quoted as saying in a phone interview. "If the USDA wants payment back, we're dead meat. We're done."

More:
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN24205620080224

Pity.

Congrats, HSUS. Very well done.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-25-08 02:15 AM
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1. Oh dear, that's a shame.
:popcorn: Want some? I sprayed it with the olive oil mister, then sprinkled some raw "parmesean" (nut. yeast, ground walnuts, sea salt) on it.
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Debau2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-25-08 08:24 AM
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2. Oh....
my goodness.....:evilgrin:
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-25-08 12:01 PM
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3. OMG!! That's-so-sad.....
...:party:
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