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Supreme Beef Blames USDA "Harassment" for Bankruptcy


October 2, 2000

Dallas - Supreme Beef Processors and Packers filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. The company said it will lay off 300 workers and shut down plants in Dallas and Ladonia on Friday.

The move is the latest in what has become a test case over federal salmonella inspection standards adopted in 1995. The science-based system for inspecting meat and poultry replaced “poke-and-sniff” methods used for decades.

The agency last fall pulled inspectors from the Dallas plant - effectively shutting it down - after the plant failed to meet the new safety standards. A federal judge, however, tossed out the new food safety rules, saying it was not a fair measure of a plant's sanitation.

The USDA has appealed to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

Earlier this year, Supreme Beef voluntarily recalled 2 million pounds of beef that were sent to 16 states for distribution to schools. The USDA also asked the meatpacker to voluntarily halt ground beef production and take corrective action.

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