This week 145 million pounds of ground beef were recalled after the Humane Society of the United States released an undercover video showing cows being dragged with chains across a cement floor and moved to slaughter with forklifts. However, this is not the first and will certainly not be the last video to shock the American public by revealing where their food comes from.

In this excerpt from the 2003 film “The Corporation” (which is available for free on google video), the issue of rBS or rBGH use in dairy cows is addressed. These substances were banned in Europe and Canada but dairy producers in the United States continue to subject cattle to the infection-causing drugs - the results of which are most likely in the milk you drink everyday…

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