CA Meat Plant Closed For "Unsanitary Conditions" Won't Say What They Were - Neither Will USDA

[hatrack]

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Neither the company nor the U.S. Department of Agriculture disclosed what those unsanitary conditions were. The USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service withdrew its inspectors from the plant on Monday after violations were found.

Company officials on Wednesday said in a statement: "Central Valley Meat Co. makes every effort to maintain our facility to the highest operational standard. When presented with the finding of unsanitary conditions by our USDA oversight team, we took immediate action."

A longtime central San Joaquin Valley company, Central Valley Meat has had its share of trouble over the past two years. Last fall, the 50-year-old company recalled more than 147,000 pounds of ground beef because it might have contained small pieces of plastic. The meat was shipped to distribution centers in Arkansas, Nebraska, North Carolina, California, Montana and Texas and was intended for the nation's school lunch program.

In August 2012, the company temporarily suspended its operations for a week after the release of an undercover video showing acts of animal cruelty. The secretly taped video triggered the USDA to withdraw its meat inspectors, preventing the company from operating.

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http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/02/19/3779508/hanfords-central-valley-meat-co.html

[rhett o rick]

1. If you eat meat, you are a fool. If you eat ground meat you are a big fool. If you eat what

companies like McDonalds call meat, you are an idiot.

[Kablooie]

2. Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts

Mutilated monkey meat
Hairy pickled piggy feet
French fried eyeballs floating in some kerosene
And me without a spoon.

[rhett o rick]

3. I would think at that point the lack of a spoon would be the least of your problems.

[hunter]

4. Would anyone like some of these Chinese chicken "nuggets?"

They're quite tasty.