Palace Meat Company 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 Palace Meat Company Inc. slaughterhouse establishment in 2023.
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313.1,313.2
On 7/24/23 at approximately 0900 hours, in Palace Meats Est. 9880 while performing humane handling tasks (HATS Category II: truck unloading and HATS Category V - Suspect and Disabled), I CSI REDACTED observed a noncompliance with 9 CFR 313.2 (d) (1) and 9 CFR 313.1 (c). I observed a disabled white market hog lying in the establishment unloading alley, near pen #1. The hog was breathing, gasping, paddling feet, and blinking. The pig had no shade and was laying in the sun in an uncovered area. I also observed another truck hauler unloading a different lot of 18 market hogs into the same alley having the disabled white market hog. During my observation I saw no pigs trample the disabled market hog, but they did get close and sniff her. At the time of observations, I did not observe any plant employees in the immediate area to stop the unloading. Per my investigation, the disabled white market hog lying in the establishment unloading alley was from another hauler who was at Palace meat establishment at 0806 hours and left at 0855 hours. The establishment failed to separate the disabled white market hog from normal ambulatory animals (9 CFR313.2 (d) and failed to place the disabled livestock in a covered pen (9 CFR 313.1 (c). Establishment Manger REDACTED was notified of the forth coming noncompliance
313.1
On Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 0758hrs I observed the following non-compliance. While inspecting a U.S. Suspect in the suspect pen, I noted a gooseneck trailer unloading approximately 13 mature/cull sows and boars. The trailer was in good repair and the handler (truck driver) was calmly unloading the hogs. No ramp was being used to unload the animals and the pigs were stepping down approx. 1 foot to the ground. One sow was down (sternal) at the mouth of the trailer and rolled out of the trailer landing in a supine position on the ground when she tried to stand and exit the trailer. One sow exited the trailer around the down sow, and the truck driver stepped out to assist the down sow. He rolled her gently into a sternal position, and then she was able to stand and walk to the pen. No vocalization or distress was noted in the downed sow. The remainder of the animals were unloaded without distress or incident. I did not observe any establishment employees monitoring the unloading of the trailer. The establishment failed to provide appropriate unloading facilities, and was noncompliant with 9 CFR 313.1(b), “floors of livestock pens, ramps, and driveways shall be constructed and maintained so as to provide good footing for livestock.” QC supervisor REDACTED was offsite when this incident occurred; I informed her of the forthcoming noncompliance report at 0825hrs once she was back at the premises.
