Eat Carrots

Ugh. Another USDA beef recall – 143 millions pounds of frozen beef from Chino based Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. Some of these cattle were “downer” animals, too sick to walk into the slaughterhouse and horribly mistreated because of it. Since “downer” cattle have been linked to mad-cow disease and pose a higher risk of contamination from E. coli they aren’t supposed to be in the food supply. Unfortunately about 37 million pounds of the recalled meat have already gone to school programs and been consumed.

I’m a vegetarian and we have our own sets of problems with recalls but at least no one has been accused of mistreating a vegetable. There should be a special place in hell for those that abuse the helpless/weak – that includes but isn’t limited to children, animals and the elderly.