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Feds To Bill Chino Slaughterhouse $67M

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Apr 10, 2008 11:36 am US/Pacific

Feds To Bill Chino Slaughterhouse $67M

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Undercover video shows a sick cow being jabbed with forklift blades at the Hallmark Meat Packing Co.
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The federal government will bill a Chino slaughterhouse more than $67 million for expenses associated with the largest beef recall in U.S. history.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service says the bill for Westland/Hallmark Co. could rise as high as $117 million when final expenses are tallied up.

The agency recalled 143 million pounds of beef after the Humane Society of the United States released undercover video showing plant employees abusing sick or weakened cows.

School districts and states spent millions destroying the beef to comply with the recall.

If the slaughterhouse can't pay -- which is likely – taxpayers will pick up the bill.

An attorney for slaughterhouse owner Steve Mendell did not immediately return a call for comment Thursday.