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Texas Inmates Fed Dog Food After Labeling Mix-Up | A Texas meat manufacturer agreed to a nearly $400,000 settlement with the Department of Justice after a labeling mistake led to inmates being fed dog food. A USDA inspection concluded that the Federal Bureau of Prisons purchased “meat trimmings” intended for animals and served them to prisoners at an East Texas jail in place of fajita meat. Although John Soules Food Inc. will have to change its food safety procedures and compensate the government for its three-year-long investigation into the mix-up, “there is no evidence that anyone who consumed any of the ‘beef trimmings’ product suffered any ill effects.”