US meat company National Beef Packing is set to appeal against a decision by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) that it mistreated cattle.

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service carried out an investigation some months ago into meat that was going into school lunches across the US. It said it had found evidence of overcrowding of livestock in the company's pens in Dodge City, Kansas and National Beef Packing's president, Tim Klein, has conceded that a pen designed for 49 cows had held 53.

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