D&S Quality Beef, LLC: Non-Compliance to Humane Livestock Handling in 2023 (USDA)
See the detail of the non-compliance of humane livestock handling that the USDA observed at the D&S Quality Beef, LLC slaughterhouse establishment in 2023.
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313.16(a)(1),313.16(a)(3)
HATS Category VIII: Stunning Effectiveness On Thursday May 25, 2023, at approximately 1:15 CST, IIC REDACTED observed an establishment employee deliver a stun to a black angus bull over thirty months of age with a 410-shotgun slug in the knocking box. The animal’s head was stable and secure in the head catch. This first stun was determined ineffective as the animal remained standing. The slaughter floor employee then reloaded immediately and shot four more times with the same firearm. The animal went down in the chute, but was still determined to be conscious due to vocalization and tracking eye movements. At this point a 9-millimeter handgun was effective in rendering the animal unconscious as evidence by the lack of vocalization and eye movement. Establishment owner, Mrs. REDACTED was notified of the non-compliance, and the knock-box was tagged with USDA Reject Tag #B30963997.
313.16(a)(1),313.16(a)(3)
HATS Category VIII: Stunning Effectiveness On Friday April 21, 2023 at approximately 10:15 CST, Supervisor REDACTED and relief IIC REDACTED observed an establishment employee deliver a stun to a red steer, in the knocking box, with a .410 shotgun. This first stun was ineffective, as the animal remained standing. The slaughter floor employee then reloaded immediately and delivered an effective corrective action stun, which rendered the animal insensible, and it remained so thereafter. Establishment owner, Mrs. REDACTED was notified of the non-compliance, and the knock-box was tagged with USDA Reject Tag #B30963999.
