HANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- Federal inspectors shut down a central California slaughterhouse that supplies beef to the National School Lunch Program because of unsanitary conditions. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said in a statement Tuesday that the conditions prompted it to withdraw inspectors and suspend operations at Central Valley Meat Co. in Hanford, about 30 miles south of Fresno. The national lunch program and McDonald's also suspended purchases. Federal inspectors didn't find that the animals' treatment affected food safety. Last September, Central Valley recalled 58,000 pounds of beef for the school lunch program after federal officials said the meat possibly contained pieces of plastic.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 20, 2024 21:48 UTC