You're Saying You Didn't Watch the Video?

The president of the slaughterhouse company whose workers’ abuses of cattle triggered the largest beef recall in history testified before a House committee yesterday under subpoena.

After making an opening statement that ‘downer’ cows did not enter the food supply, Westland/Hallmark Meat Company President Steve Mendell was shown the Human Society video which indicated otherwise. He then acknowledged that his opening statement was incorrect, and that ‘downer’ cattle had, in fact entered the company’s food supply. He then claimed he had not seen the video, which has been on the Human Society’s Web site for nearly a month.

Other news reports on this story include the LA Times, NY Times, and Chicago Tribune.

-- Dylan Blaylock