A recent study discovered that a vegan diet - no meat, no dairy, and no gluten -- significantly decreases the risk of heart ailments, alleviating the risk for those with rheumatoid arthritis, whose arteries are blocked by the disease.

Scientists from the Karolinska Institute derived their study from an experiment that involved 58 patients divided into two groups: the vegan diet group and the non-vegan diet group

Hundreds of retailers and restaurants in southern California tied to shipments of recalled beef from the Westland-Hallmark Meat Packing Company were included in a partial list of effected outlets compiled by the California Department of Public Health.

About 143 million pounds of beef from Chino, California-based meat packing company was recalled; the largest beef recall in history. The company was cited after a videotape obtained by the Humane Society was released that showed sick cows beaten and prodded into a slaughterhouse

At least two federal meat inspectors have been suspended who were linked to the largest beef recall in American history. The recall took place after an undercover video was released by the Humane Society showing slaughter house employees using forklifts to get sick animals to stand up to go into the slaughter house.

Under federal regulations sick animals that are unable to stand and walk on their own are not supposed to be slaughtered and used for human consumption

The beef recall is turning out to be the largest ever in the history of U.S. agriculture, with the total amount of recalled meat topping 143 million pounds. Although there is no official estimate of the total value of destroyed beef, an official of the Grocery Manufacturers of America confirmed it runs into hundred of millions of dollars.

The items taken from shelves goes beyond meat. It includes beef-based soups, sauces, burritos and cubes. Craig Henry, senior vice president of the GMA, said it will take the association several weeks to estimate the volume of recalled beef products

As consumer groups press the U.S. Department of Agriculture to disclose the location of the rest of the "hot" meat, public schools across America started rounding up and destroying pound after pound of beef products supplied by Hallmark/Westland Meats.

In Forsyth County, Georgia, school officials were poised to destroy 11 cases of frozen beef patties that were found at six schools. The meat, valued at $777, will be placed in heavy-duty plastic bags and doused with bleach before being put into trash bins