The Durand Smokehouse LLC: 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 The Durand Smokehouse LLC slaughterhouse establishment in 2021.
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313.15(a)(1),313.15(b)(1)(iii)
On 6/10/2021, at approximately 1115 hours, I, CSI REDACTED was performing a Humane Handling Category VIII (Stunning Effectiveness) Task and observed the following noncompliance: An establishment employee attempted a head stun on a beef steer in the head gate in the restrainer by discharging the hand-held captive bolt on the forehead area of the beef steer as the steer was moving his head in the head gate. After the hand-held captive bolt was discharged, it appeared to have no effect on the animal, as the beef steer remained conscious, standing calmly and did not vocalize. The establishment employee immediately reloaded the hand-held captive bolt and applied an effective stun, rendering the animal unconscious. I took a regulatory control action by verbally informing Establishment Co-Owner, Mr. Mitch Auld, that I was suspending slaughter operations. Mr. Auld gave me verbal corrective actions and preventative measures to prevent reoccurrence and I informed him that slaughter operations could resume. During postmortem inspection, I viewed the skull and observed two holes had penetrated the skull, with one hole located two inches above the eye line in the forehead of the skull and the other hole two inches to the right of the aforementioned hole. This is noncompliant with regulation 9 CFR 313.15(a)(1) and 313.15(b)(1)(iii). I informed Mr. Auld, of the noncompliance and issuance of the noncompliance record. A similar noncompliance was documented on 3/11/2021 on NR SLO5112034412N-1. The establishment’s further planned actions were either not implemented or were inadequate to prevent this noncompliance from reoccurring.
