American Butchers, LLC: Non-Compliance to Humane Livestock Handling in 2022 (USDA)
See the detail of the non-compliance of humane livestock handling that the USDA observed at the American Butchers, LLC slaughterhouse establishment in 2022.
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313.16(a)(1)
HATS category VIII, stunning effectiveness At 1555 hours I observed the slaughter employee attempt to stun a beef using a 22-caliber rifle. From where I was safely standing in the smoke house room, I was able to verify that the beef remained standing following the first stun attempt. The employee immediately applied a second stun, which effectively rendered the beef unconscious. I observed the stun operator then apply a security stun. After bleeding the beef, the head was skinned, and I observed 3 penetrating holes in very close proximity to each other in the target area. I applied US Reject tag #B38176069 to the stunning box. I verbally notified the establishment management that a noncompliance record would be forthcoming. The District Veterinary Medical Specialist was contacted through supervisory channels. There have been no noncompliance records issued for the same root cause within the past 90 days.
313.16(a)(1)
HATS Category VIII, stunning effectiveness At approximately 10:40am, I, CSI REDACTED, heard the stun operator discharge the first stun attempt with a firearm at a beef within the stun box. I observed, from the shadow, that the beef was still standing & throwing its head around but no vocalization. The stun operator applied a second stun attempt with the firearm and the beef remained standing but no vocalization and immediately a third stun attempt was applied with the firearm and the beef dropped to the floor and was rendered unconscious. I applied U.S. reject tag #B38176064 to the stunning chute. After skinning the head, I inspected the dressed head and observed only 2 penetrating stun holes, one low and to the left of the target area and one in the target area. REDACTED, owner, was verbally notified of the forthcoming Non-compliance Report. The Denver District Office was notified through supervisory channels. This noncompliance report is being associated with NR # EBN4809114302N issued on November 2, 2021 for the same root cause.
313.16(a)(1)
HATS Category VIII, stunning effectiveness. At approximately 0833 hours I, CSI REDACTED, observed the slaughter employee attempt to stun a beef using a 22 caliber rifle. From where I was standing in the smoke house room, I was able to verify that the beef remained standing following the first stun attempt. The employee immediately chambered another round & fired a second shot. The beef was rendered unconscious by the second stun. After the animal was rendered unconscious, the employee applied a security stun using the same firearm. REDACTED, owner, was verbally notified of the forthcoming Non-compliance Report. No regulatory control action was taken due to the prompt corrective actions applied by the establishment. There have been no non-compliances for the same root cause within the past 90 days.
