A recent beef recall, the largest in US history, is making news. The offending plant, Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing in Chino, CA, is accused of slaughtering "downer" cows -- bovine that can't walk or stand on their own. In plain English, meat from sick and unhealthy cows made it to the food supply in a big way, 143 million pounds type of way--and nearly all the beef is believed to have already been consumed.
