Will the recall of 143 million pounds of beef from the Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. produce reform in what cows enter the food supply? The message coming from Agriculture Secretary Ed Shafer is probably not. The Washington Post’s Christopher Lee reports on a Congressional hearing, where Shafer said he had no plans to ban beef from downer cows, or cows that cannot stand on their own. Many cows at Westland/Hallmark could no longer stand upright after facing electrical shocks, and the jury’s still out on how much of Westland/Hallmark’s grisly practices are an aberration. Read Lee here.

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