http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004159820_schoolbeef02m.html Cafeterias in Seattle elementary schools will serve waffles and scrambled eggs on Tuesday instead of waffles and sausage. For lunch Thursday, mu shu chicken will replace mu shu beef.
To be safe, school officials won't serve any beef until they learn more about the U.S. Department of Agriculture's investigation into allegations that a large supplier of beef to the national school-lunch program used meat from "downer" cows — those that cannot stand or walk.
"We want to err on the side of caution," said district spokesman David Tucker.
Seattle is one of hundreds of school districts in Washington state that were notified Thursday to stop using any beef from Westland Meat of Chino, Calif., until further notice. The state also notified a number of private schools and others that are part of federal food programs.
The concern arose after the release of a video that shows slaughterhouse workers at Hallmark Meat Packing using forklifts to prod or move animals. Westland Meat, which grinds meat, gets meat from Hallmark.
For this, criminal prosecution with stiff jail sentences, if what is implied in this story is true and proven.