>8 school districts added to beef recall
THE RECORD, Wednesday, February 27, 2008
BY WILLIAM LAMB
Eight North Jersey school districts were added Wednesday to a list of districts that must destroy meat as part of the nation’s largest beef recall.
The state Agriculture Department expanded its list of schools and school districts affected by the recall after officials identified two additional food processors that shipped meat for consumption by Garden State students enrolled in the national school lunch program.
The school districts added to the recall list Wednesday are:
• Bergen County Technical Schools
• Englewood
• Fort Lee
• Leonia
• North Bergen
• Passaic
• Ridgewood
• Wayne
Nationwide, federal officials have recalled more than 143 million pounds of meat that originated at the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co., of Chino, Calif. The company is accused of slaughtering sick cows.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has ruled it a “class two” recall, meaning the meat poses only a “remote possibility” of sickening those who eat it.
The North Jersey schools and districts identified on Monday as part of the recall were:
• Bergenfield
• Fair Lawn
• Hackensack
• Lodi
• Midland Park
• Palisades Park
• North Haledon
• West Milford
• Paterson Catholic
• Passaic County Vocational-Technical
• St. Gerard School
• St. Mary Elementary
• St. Mary Paterson
• St. Philip the Apostle
• St. Therese School
• Boonton
• Riverdale