Pa. Schools Affected By Beef Recall

The Pittsburgh school district is sitting on 12,000 pounds of beef that has been recalled.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is calling back 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a Southern California slaughterhouse that's being investigated for mistreating cattle.

The action tops a 1999 ban of 35 million pounds of ready-to-eat meats.Pittsburgh Public Schools spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said some of the beef from a Southern California slaughterhouse had already been eaten by students. But there have been no reports of illnesses.

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