The Wierdest Meat Recall Ever

Last month's meat recall had to have been the wierdest one ever. For one thing, most of the meat had already been eaten and, as far as we know, nobody got sick. The group that brought the offenses into the public eye wasn't even particularly concerned about food safety, their issue was animal welfare.

From a public health standpoint, the violation that occurred had to do with animals that became unable to walk in between the time they were checked by federal inspectors upon arriving at the slaughterhouse, and the time they were shoved and prodded onto the killing floor.

The CEO of Westland/Hallmark first insisted that none of the meat from the sick animals had made its way into the food supply, but finally admitted to a Senate subcommittee that some of it probably had.

Perhaps the wierdest thing is that, aside from animal rights activists, nobody seems particularly outraged or afraid. Maybe we've grown jaded. Or maybe there have been so many food safety scares related to meat that folks have either chosen to eat better meat or no meat at all, or just live with the risks.