Houston School District Pulls Meat From Schools

February 4, 2008

Breaking news out of Houston...Amanda wrote: societyofpeacenetwork From: "Amanda" Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:14:06 -0000[societyofpeacenetwork] HISD Pulls Meat From Schools This made national news. HISD is pulling meat from schools due to a video showing a slaughterhouse torturing cows and slaughtering sick animals (which is the NORM). Read the article...http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22960260/HOUSTON - HISD

is pulling about 8,000 cases of meat from its school cafeterias after the Texas Department of Agriculture put a hold on the meat from a processing center in California, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday. The hold follows hidden camera video released by the Humane Society of the United States. It shows ill cows being tortured at the plant, so the cows would stand up and appear healthy for slaughter. Federal regulations do not allow sick cows into the food supply. "I'm calling from HISD with important information," said a recorded message that went out to 115,000 parents in Houston. "You may have seen recent news reports about ground beef produced ?" That comforts parents, such as Allison Gibson, who got the message. She said, "I was talking to my boyfriend about it on the way from picking them back up from school. And they said they did some testing." HISD spokesman Terry Abbott said schools in 36

states are pulling the meat. He believes the meat made it to at least 260 HISD schools. Abbott said, "We're assuming, over the course of the last several months, it may have gotten to virtually every single one of them. And that's why we called every single parent." For now, HISD will hold the meat and wait for more guidance from the Texas Department of Agriculture. The president of the meat packing plant in California said the two employees shown in the video were fired. Their supervisor has also been suspended until he explains what happened. Kristen ___________ "You must be the change you want to see in the world" -Mahatma Gandhi ___________ www.societyofpeace.org Promoting PEACE and Compassion for ALL Beings

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