by KYW's Mike Dunn
Philadelphia School District officials told city council members that they'll never really know if tainted beef that prompted a national recall in February ever made it to schools in the city (see related story).
Wayne Grisella, director of Food Services for the school district, testified at a council hearing that one of their vendors was subject to the recall, but he does not know if any of that beef actually was shipped to Philadelphia (see related story):
"We have not identified that, and I'm not sure that we would be able to."
Grisella said because of federal regulations on freshness, a beef shipment meant for another state can become "co-mingled" with beef meant for this city. Councilman Frank Rizzo (right in file photo) was incredulous:
"I can't imagine a major distributor that distributes 143 million pounds of beef can't tell you where it went."
No local students were sickened by the tainted beef, and no beef was served once the recall was issued.
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