Swift Pork Company: Non-Compliance to Humane Livestock Handling in 2021 (USDA)
See the detail of the non-compliance of humane livestock handling that the USDA observed at the Swift Pork Company slaughterhouse establishment in 2021.
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Category IV-Antemortem Handling On April 6, 2021, at approximately 18:40, while performing Humane Handling Task (Category IV Antemortem Handling) in the livestock barn, I observed the following noncompliance. As I approached the pen on the offloading side of the scale, I saw a livestock employee trying to drive approximately four hogs that were trying to get past him back toward the scale. As I watched, a hog started to pass the driver and he stuck out his paddle in front of the hog, but the hog continued walking. The driver then drew back the paddle and struck the hog in the face at about the level of the eyes. I heard the impact of the paddle and the hog squealed and ran faster, continuing past the driver. Striking the hog in a sensitive area, such as the face, with a driving aid, is a noncompliance with 9 CFR 313.2 (a) and 9 CFR 313.2(b). I told the driver to stop, and he stopped trying to drive the hogs. I informed Livestock Supervisor REDACTED, who was immediately behind me, of what I had seen. He approached and spoke with the livestock employee and helped him to drive the hogs from the area. I informed Supervisor REDACTED that a noncompliance record would be created.
