McDonald's Stops Using Central Valley Meat

McDonald's announced that it will cease using meat from Central Valley Meat after federal inspectors shut down the plant.

Tuesday the USDA released findings that CVM's Hanford, California facility had been mistreating live stock.

It was also alleged that CVM uses sick cows in it's meat, instead of separating them out to avoid contamination.

Before the information was released, In-n-Out dropped CVM from it's suppliers, stating that they do not condone the inhumane treatment of animals, and that CVM had violated their contract with In-N-Out, which states that animals must be treated well.

CVM also supplies a lot of meat to various federal food programs, including school lunches.

At this time the USDA is not suggesting that the federal government stop using the meat, themselves.

Members of CVM's corporate staff stat that there are always federal inspectors at the plant, and worked at putting some of the blame on them.