Mar 4, 2008 12:33 pm US/Pacific
Congress To Subpoena Calif. Slaughterhouse Owner
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―
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Undercover Humane Society video footage shows sick cows being rammed with forklift blades, being kicked by workers, prodded with electric rods and sprayed with water.
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Members of a U.S. House oversight committee say they will order the owner of the Southern California slaughterhouse involved in last month's massive beef recall to testify on Capitol Hill.
Rep. John Dingell says members of the Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will meet Wednesday to vote for a subpoena of Hallmark/Westland Meat Co. owner Steve Mendell.
Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, says Mendell will be required to testify on March 12. Mendell was a no-show at a meeting of the subcommittee last week.
Federal officials recalled 143 million pounds of beef last month after the Humane Society of the United States released undercover video that showed workers at the Chino slaughterhouse shoving sick and crippled cows with forklifts and stunning them with electric prods to get them to stand.
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