Moonlight Meat Processing Inc: Non-Compliance to Humane Livestock Handling in 2025 Q3 (USDA)

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HATS Category IV: Antemortem On June 25, 2025, at Moonlight Meat Processing, Est. #33845, at 9:00am, I CSI REDACTED inspected the pen areas and found that there were some issues with areas. I tagged pens #3, #4 and chute alleyway with tags # B-42200614, B-42200613 and B-45026688. Pen # 3 has a door that is warped and sticks out into the alleyway to the chute, and then inside the pen area that has sharp areas on the top bar and bottom bar that could cut the animals in the pen and in the chute alleyway. Pen # 4 has wires that are bent and sticking out, that are jagged, in pen that could cause harm to the animals in pen area, the door has wires sticking out on the top of the door that are sharp on the inside of the door that could cause harm to the animals. Outside of pen #4 has wires sticking out into the alleyway, to chute that are sharp and could cause harm to animals. All has been addressed with the owner of the establishment, REDACTED. REDACTED, slaughter/shooter, was shown the issues and what was wrong. REDACTED was notified of the non-compliance and the issues.