Which Stores Sold Recalled Beef?

Congress Wants to Know. So Do We.

Five weeks after the Human Society's damning undercover video of the Westland/Hallmark slaughterhouse showed the illegal slaughtering of so-called "downer" cows, and more than two weeks after the firm recalled two years' worth of meat, the public still does not know which stores sold the beef.

No illnesses have been reported as a result of the illicit cow-handling practices, but killing cows that can't stand and slaughtering them for human consumption raises the likelihood that the meat is infected with an animal pathogen, such as Mad Cow Disease, or potentially deadly bacteria from animal wastes. The meat recall was the largest in U.S. history, and put the slaughterhouse out of business.

But only residents in California, where state law mandates the disclosure of retail outlets that sold recalled products, have all the information they need to protect themselves.

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