Osteen Meat Service Inc.: 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 Osteen Meat Service Inc. slaughterhouse establishment in 2023.
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313.15(a)(1)
On 8/1/23 at approximately 9:20 a.m., while verifying the establishment’s stunning procedures, I, SPHV REDACTED, observed the following non-egregious humane handling noncompliance: An establishment employee attempted to stun a market hog with a captive bolt gun. The captive bolt discharged and I observed the hog still standing and vocalizing. The establishment employee immediately took corrective actions by reloading the captive bolt with a second round and discharged it again. The hog was promptly and effectively rendered insensible. I examined the head after the hog was bled out. I observed two circular holes in the middle of the forehead where the captive bolt had made contact. The establishment does have a robust, systematic approach to humane handling. Plant Owner REDACTED was notified of the incident.
