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A security guard watches over empty cattle pens at Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co. in Chino.
A security guard watches over empty cattle pens at Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co. in Chino.
The Los Angeles Times reports Donald Hallmark Sr. and Donald Hallmark Jr. also agreed to a nominal $497-million judgment against the now-defunct Hallmark Meat Packing Co., which will not be collected because the company is bankrupt.
The Hallmarks were two of nine defendants in a federal False Claims Act suit brought by the Humane Society of the United States.
The government recalled 143 million pounds of beef in 2008 after the Humane Society released video from the Chino plant showing cows too sick or injured to stand being dragged with chains and rammed with a forklift.
Source: The Associated Press
This is why people should stop buying meat in the super markets and start buying from local farmers, especially those who grass feed and finish their cattle, use only organic hay in the winter and use no anti-biotics or hormones.