Court overturns Calif. slaughterhouse law

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has blocked a California law that would require euthanizing downed livestock at federally inspected slaughterhouses to keep the meat out of the nation's food system.

The high court on Monday agreed that the state's 2009 state law should be blocked from going into effect.

California barred the purchase, sale and butchering of animals that can't walk and required slaughterhouses to immediately kill non-ambulatory animals. But justices said unanimously that the law encroached on federal laws that don't require immediate euthanizing.

California strengthened regulations against slaughtering so-called "downer" animals after the 2008 release of an undercover Humane Society video showing workers abusing cows at a Southern California slaughterhouse. Under California law, the ban on buying, selling and slaughter of "downer" cattle also extends to pigs, sheep and goats.



*** cause you know -- public safety as an issue -- is over rated

[onehandle]

1. I rarely eat meat.

Stories like this reduce my intake of meat.

SCOTUS = Dangerous to our health.

[orwell]

2. Working for awhile in a meat packing plant in my youth...

...got me off of meat for good.

If you are going to eat meat, try to make sure you know how it was raised, slaughtered, and packed.

You would be surprised what you are eating.

Hint - Never eat a hot dog...

[kestrel91316]

3. "Humanely euthanized" animals, full of euthanasia drugs,

will make their way into the market if this were law. I guarantee it, legal or not.

Humane slaughter is preferable. If they are down, diseased, dead, or decaying, federal law prohibits their use for human food anyway. They can only be processed for animal feed.

[bemildred]

4. So much for all that states rights bullshit. nt