The Biggest Ground Beef Recall In US History Impacted Over 100 Million Pounds Of Meat - Chowhound

Bhofack2/Getty Images When you hear about a massive food recall, you probably imagine that it's because the food was exposed to a specific contaminant, like E. coli or salmonella. There have been plenty of beef recalls due to safety concerns, like the million-pound Wegmans recall in 2007, but the biggest U.S. beef recall ever was actually triggered by animal cruelty. That was the 2008 Westland-Hallmark recall,…