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How Westland/Hallmark Put Profit above Safety By all appearances the Westland/Hallmark Meat Co., even though it was widely available, and he was forced to based in Chico, California, and owned by its CEO Steven acknowledge that two cows had in fact entered the plant Mendell, was one the most efficient, sanitary, and state-of and that inhumane treatment of animals had taken place. 42 the-art meatpacking plants in the United States. The meat Moreover, federal investigators turned up evidence packing plant, which regularly passed inspections by the that as early as 1996 the plant has been cited for overuse U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), employed over of electric prods to speed cattle through the plant and had 200 workers who slaughtered and then prepared the beef been cited for other violations since, suggesting these for shipment to fast-food restaurants such as Burger King abuses had been going on for a long period. This view and Taco Bell. Most of the millions of pounds of meat the gained strength when one of the workers shown in the plant prepared yearly, however, were delivered under con videotape claimed that supervisors were pressuring work- tract to one of the federal government's most coveted ac ers to ensure 500 cows a day were slaughtered and counts: the National School Lunch Program, which named processed so the plant could meet its quota and make the the plant supplier of the year in 2005.41 high profits the meatpacking business providesand that So at the end of 2007 when the Humane Society turned he and other workers had no say in the matter: They were over a videotape, secretly filmed by one of its investigators just following orders from the supervisor. who had taken a job as a plant employee, to the San These unethical and illegal work practices led investiga- Bernardino County district attorney that showed major vi tors to fear that over the years, thousands of sick cows had olations of safety procedures, it caused an uproar. The been allowed to enter the food chain. Most of the 143 million videotape showed two workers dragging sick cows up the pounds of beef recalled had already been consumed anyway. ramp that led to the slaughterhouse using metal chains Not only customers, and especially schoolchildren, have been and forklifts, shocking them with electric prods, and shoot harmed by the company's illegal actions, however. It seems ing streams of water in their noses and faces. Not only did likely that the plant will be permanently shut down and all 220 the tape show inhumane treatment of animals, it also pro workers will lose their jobs. Indeed, the employees directly vided evidence that the company was flaunting the ban on implicated by the video have already been prosecuted and allowing sick animals to enter the food supply chain, one, who pleaded guilty to animal abuse, was convicted and something that federal regulations explicitly outlawed for sentenced to six months of imprisonment in 2008.43 fear of human health and disease issues. Whether or not the company's managers will experi- By 2008, the USDA, concerned that contaminated beef ence the same fate remains to be seen, but clearly all stake- had entered the supply chain, especially the one leading to holders have been hurt by the unethical, inhumane, and ille- the nation's schools, issued a notice for the recall of 143 mil gal actions by managers that, as the Humane Society had lion pounds of beef processed in the plant over the last two suspected for years, were commonplace in the plant. years, the largest recall in history. In addition, the plant was shut down as the investigation proceeded. In 2008, when Discussion Questions CEO Steven Mendell was subpoenaed to appear before the 1. In your opinion, why did the managers and em- House Panel Energy and Commerce Committee, he denied ployees of the meat packing plant behave in the these violations had taken place and that any diseased cows way they did? had entered the food chain. When panel members demanded 2. Outline a series of steps the plant's managers should that he view the videotape, he claimed he had not seen it, have taken to prevent this problem from occurring