Beltex Corp.

Last U.S. horse-slaughter plant closes
DVM; 8/1/2007; 618 words; ...Chapter 149, which prohibits horse slaughter for the purpose of selling meat for human consumption. Both Texas plants - Beltex Corp. in Fort Worth and Dallas Crown Inc. in Kaufman-had shipped horse meat abroad for human consumption since the mid...

Texas Horse Slaughter Plants Stay Shut
AP Online; 5/23/2007; 349 words; ...pass without action on a bill that had been expected to authorize the reopening of Dallas Crown Inc. in Kaufman and Beltex Corp. in Fort Worth, the Houston Chronicle reported. In a second blow later Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied...

Court rules horse slaughter illegal in Texas
DVM; 2/1/2007; 546 words; ...Medical Association Governmental Relations Division, but the slaughterhouses will have to shut down. Both Texas plants - Beltex Corp. in Fort Worth and Dallas Crown Inc. in Kaufman - have shipped horsemeat abroad for human consumption since the mid...

Slaughterhouses appeal ruling on horse meat.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/27/2007; 442 words; ...ban on the practice. Dallas Crown Inc. of Kaaufman and Beltex Corp. of Fort Worth remain open and continue processing horse...today. Belgium-owned Dallas Crown and French-owned Beltex have until Feb. 2 to appeal the Jan. 19 ruling. Broiles...

Horse meat ban is upheld: Court ruling could shut down two area slaughterhouses.
Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX); 1/21/2007; 1441 words; ...regulates interstate trade. "We got 'em all," she said Saturday. The ruling affects Beltex Corp. of Fort Worth and Dallas Crown of Kaufman. Beltex employs about 90 people, and its annual sales are $35 million, according to its most recent...