- Atlantic Veal & Lamb Inc.
Atlantic Veal & Lamb Inc. was founded in 1956. The company acquired
Plume De Veau in 1998, becoming the largestveal processor in the United States.fact|date=March 2007 It operates from three facilities inNew York ,Ohio , andPennsylvania . It is based inBrooklyn, New York . Atlantic Veal & Lamb is a member of a veal growerscooperative operating out of eastern Ohio.Mad Cow
Japan halted the importation of all U.S. beef on Friday, January 20, 2006, in response to the detection ofbone material found in a shipment of veal from Atlantic Veal & Lamb. Bone material is considered abovine spongiform encephalopathy disease risk by Japan. This halt in beef importation came only six weeks after Japan lifted a two-year ban that had been imposed in 2003. The company claimed that the shipment was an error, and noted that the product sent was legal in the United States.External links
* [http://www.prestigefood.com/principal_profile.cfm?id=2260&catid=all Company profile at Prestige Sales & Marketing]
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