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APNewsBreak: Huge Animal Abuse Settlement Reached | Redux

APNewsBreak: Huge Animal Abuse Settlement Reached

Presidents Polk, Jackson and Johnson
Presidents Polk, Jackson and Johnson by jimbowen0306
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A landmark $500 million agreement has been reached to settle a slaughterhouse abuse case that led to the biggest meat recall in U.S. history in 2008, an animal welfare group announced Friday. The civil settlement with the owners of Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. is the largest-ever penalty for an animal abuse case, and the first time federal fraud statutes have been used, according to the Humane Society of the United States, the lead plaintiff. The settlement is largely symbolic because the company is bankrupt. As a supplier of meats for the national school lunch program, the Southern California company had signed federal contracts certifying that it would provide humane treatment of animals sent there for slaughter.

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Jonathan R. Lovvorn

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-0.218685"It's a deterrence judgment," Lovvorn said. ...
-0.103558"It's a deterrence judgment," Lovvorn said. "It informs other federal government contractors that when your contract says you provide humane handling, if you don't do that you're likely to end up bankrupt as well."
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Donald Hallmark Jr

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Organization: Humane Society

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Organization: U.S. Justice Department

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Organization: U.S. District Court

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Company: Westland/Hallmark Meat Co.

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Country: United States

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StateOrCounty: Riverside County

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Region: Southern California

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