Thread: S.D. schools have recalled beef on hand, officials say

S.D. schools have recalled beef on hand, officials say
11:20 AM

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Officials say South Dakota schools may have up to 26,000 pounds of ground beef that has been recalled by the government.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of beef from a California slaughterhouse that is the subject of an animal-abuse investigation. Some of the meat went to schools.

South Dakota schools will be told how to destroy it. The USDA has guidelines to follow.

The state Education Department says 121 school food services in South Dakota have some of the recalled beef on hand. Their statewide estimate is 650 cases, which weigh 40 pounds each.

No illnesses have been linked to the recalled meat.

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South Dakota (in the heartland of America) has 18 packing plants so why is meat for schools imported from Westland/Hallmark Meat Company, based in Chino, Calif.? Would think it more costly to ship meat from California to South Dakota than to buy from in-state companies.

The reason for CA beef in SD schools needs an explaination. Westland/Hallmark Meat Company/Education Systems contracts??

18 Meat Packing Plants listings in other South Dakota cities
Sioux Falls (2)
Rapid City (2)
Waubay (1)
Tulare (1)
Sisseton (1)
Redfield (1)
Onida (1)
Newell (1)
New Effington (1)
Mitchell (1)

http://www.manta.com/mb_55_C300B000_JLL ... x_falls_sd

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