Topic
Humane Handling and Slaughter
4 published works
Food Safety News
Civil actions mark FSIS enforcement during the first three months of 2024
By Dan Flynn
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is more than halfway through its federal fiscal year. While it hasn’t taken any new criminal actions, it has reported various civil injunctive…
Food Safety News
USDA Shuts Down CA Beef Plant After Video Shows Inhumane Treatment
The U.S. Department of Agriculture withdrew inspectors from Central Valley Meat in Hanford, California on Sunday after an undercover video alleged egregious violations of federal humane slaughter laws. The USDA…
Food Safety News
Meat Inspectors Get Clout to Stop Inhumane Slaughter
By Dan Flynn
Meat inspectors at federally regulated plants that slaughter animals got new instructions for humane treatment of animals.Announced Monday by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the instructions come in…
Food Safety News
California's Chino Law Makes It to Supremes
By Dan Flynn
After the Chino slaughterhouse was caught on video kicking, dragging, shocking and ramming nonambulatory cows, the California Legislature responded by making it illegal for the meat industry to butcher so…