Nettles Beef Processing Inc.: Non-Compliance to Humane Livestock Handling in 2023 (USDA)

Updated on January 16, 2026.

See the detail of the non-compliance of humane livestock handling that the USDA observed at the Nettles Beef Processing Inc. slaughterhouse establishment in 2023.

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Inspection Date: 2023-09-14
Inspection Category: Routine
NR Number: RIY3507094015N-1
Non-Compliance Regulations:

313.16(a)(1)

Non-Compliance Description:

On 09/14/2023 at approximately 7:45am while performing HATS category VIII, the SPHV observed that it took two stunning attempts to render a cow unconscious. The first stun did not render the cow unconscious. The employee performing the stunning took immediate effective corrective actions between the first and second stun and rendered the cow unconscious on the second stun. On postmortem inspection there were two distinct points of contact observed on the head of the cow, but it appeared that only one of the stuns had penetrated the middle of the skull. Management (Mr. REDACTED) was immediately notified of noncompliance.