The Story of the Largest Beef Recall in US History   This is the
VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT.  On February
seventeenth, the Westland/Hallmark Meat Company of Chino,
California, recalled almost sixty-five million kilograms of
beef. The government declared the products unfit for human food.
Officials at the Department of Agriculture said the cattle did
not receive complete and proper inspection.  The beef recall was
the largest in American history. But the government rated the
health risk as low. No cases of sickness have been reported.
The beef was produced over the last two years. Almost all of it
went to federal programs to provide lunches for schoolchildren.
Some also went to federal programs for Indian reservations and
emergency food aid.  About half of the beef had already been
used when the recall took place. The recall followed the public
release of video secretly recorded by the Humane Society of the
United States. The video showed workers at the Chino
slaughterhouse mistreating "downers" -