Former Westland Meat employee to cooperate with federal investigators

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Former Westland Meat employee to cooperate with federal investigators

One of the Chino slaughterhouse workers implicated in that massive national beef recall earlier this year is going to testify against his former bosses. Daniel Navarro says he was just following orders when he prodded and kicked sick cows to slaughter at the Westland Hallmark meat company. KPCC¢s Inland Empire reporter Steven Cuevas has more.

 

Steven Cuevas: Navarro¢s sentencing on felony animal cruelty charges was postponed Monday so he could speak with federal investigators looking into unfair business practices and other allegations at Westland. Navarro was a pen worker there.

 

He was seen on an undercover animal rights video that triggered the largest beef recall in U.S. history. It shows workers using forklifts and electric prods to force hobbled cows to slaughter. Slaughtering such cows for meat increases the risk of food-borne diseases.

Navarro says he didn¢t know he was doing anything wrong. He claims Westland management routinely bought ailing cows from dairies across the country. Westland Hallmark went out of business shortly after the alleged animal abuse came to light. The 5-acre facility was purchased by an Arizona-based meat company. It¢s expected to reopen under another name later this year.

 

Hopefully, not if this guy can help.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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