U.S. Intervenes in Suit Against Former Beef Suppliers to National School Lunch Program
U.S. Intervenes in Suit Against Former Beef Suppliers to National School Lunch Program
The United States has intervened in a civil lawsuit against two former suppliers to the National School Lunch Program Hallmark Meat Packing Company and Westland Meat Company Inc. for submitting false and fraudulent claims to the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). All ground beef containing defendants products was recalled by USDA as of Feb. 16, 2008, and defendants no longer supply beef to the National School Lunch Program or AMS.