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(I know this reports for Washington, but just in case your beef possibly comes from the same slaughterhouse in Cali)

WA school districts remove questionable beef from lunch menu
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10:25 PM PST on Thursday, January 31, 2008

By ELISA HAHN / KING 5 News

Beef removed from school menu

SEATTLE - The fallout from an undercover slaughterhouse investigation has hit Washington State.

About 80 school districts in the state are scrambling to remove potentially tainted beef from the menu.

The Seattle School District says the Southern California meatpacking company is its main supplier, therefore it's taking beef completely off the menu for school lunches.

The undercover investigation video from the Humane Society shows sick downer cows tortured and then forklifts force them into the hallmark meat packing slaughterhouse in Southern California, even though the USDA has banned them from the food supply.

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The slaughterhouse supplies the Westland Meat Company, which in turn supplies the majority of the school districts in Washington State.

After receiving the alert Thursday morning, the Seattle School District has taken all beef off the school lunch menu.

"We're holding all those meat products as of today, so parents should not be concerned their children receiving any meat products,†said David Tucker, spokesperson.

At least 77 school districts and private schools in Washington were alerted. The USDA has asked the meat be placed on hold while the agency conducts its own investigation.

While downer cows can pose a higher risk of E. coli, salmonella, and mad cow disease, so far there is no evidence that this beef is unsafe.

List of schools and school districts

Aberdeen School District

All Saints School

Auburn School District

Battle Ground School District

Bethel School District

Brinnon School District

Camas School District

Cape Flattery School District

Centerville School District

Centralia School District

Chief Leschi Schools

Child Study Center

Concrete School District

Conway School District

Darrington School District

Denney Juvenile Justice Center

DSHS-Echo Glen Children’s Center

DSHS-Green Hill School

DSHS-Maple Lane School

Enumclaw School District

Evergreen School District-Clark

Fife School District

Friends of Youth

Glenwood School District

Goldendale School District

Green Mountain School District

Griffin School District

Holy Rosary School

Hood Canal School District

Hoquiam School District

Immaculate Conception

Kalama School District

Kelso School District

King County Youth Services

La Conner School District

Lake Quinault School District

Lopez Island School District

Lummi Indian School

Lyle School District

McCleary School District

Mill A School District

Montesano School District

Morton School District

Mossyrock School District

Mount Vernon School District

Mukilteo School District

Napavine School District

Naselle Youth Center

Naselle-Grays River Valley School

Oak Harbor School District

Ocean Beach School District

Olympia School District

Onalaska School District

Pe Ell School District

Pierce County Juvenile Court

Pioneer Human Service

Quilcene School District

Rainier School District

Raymond School District

Ryther Child Center

Saint Joseph Catholic School

San Juan Island School District

Sea Mar Visions

Shelton School District

Skamania School District

Snoqualmie Valley School District

South Bend School District

Southside School District

Stanwood School District

Stevenson Carson School District

Tacoma School District

Taholah School District

Tenino School District

Toledo School District

Toutle Lake School District

Vancouver School District

Villa Academy

Washington School for the Deaf…

Washougal School District

White River School District

Willapa Valley School District

Winlock School District

Wishkah Valley School District

Wishram School District

Woodland School District

Yelm School District

Zion Preparatory Academy

This list was received from the State School Superintendent’s Office and may not be a complete list.

http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_013108E DB_schools_meat_KC.7a6f6813.html

(This link contins a video that is very disturbing showing animal cruelty)

 
I saw this on the news last week. The video was so horrible, I cried for hours and still get teary thinking about it. I haven't eaten meat since.

 
eek i went to school at this one:

Kelso School District

born and raised in WA state... that video made me so sad... no more beef... icows are too cute to be treated that way no animal deserves that!

 
they showed this on the news here a few days ago. the video was so sad :[

 
Ugh. I was a vegetarian for 16 years and just started eating meat again in May of last year. Maybe I will stop again. I can't watch the video.
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