Plymouth Meats, 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 Plymouth Meats, LLC slaughterhouse establishment in 2023.
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313.16(a)(1)
HATS CATEGORY VIII: Stunning Effectiveness At approximately 11:45am on January 30, 2023, while performing a Livestock Humane Handling task, HATS Category VIII Stunning Effectiveness I observed the following noncompliance. I witnessed a plant employee attempt to stun a beef steer with a firearm. Upon firing, the steer tilted his head slightly down causing the bullet to hit the upper left quadrant of the skull. The animal was up, remained sensible but did not vocalize or attempt to move away from the plant employee. An immediate corrective action was taken by the acting floor manager, who took hold of the firearm from the plant employee and successfully administered a second gunshot stun, rendering the animal insensible. This is a noncompliance in violation of 9 CFR 313.16(a)(1) due to a failure to "produce immediate unconsciousness in the animal by a single shot". US Retained Tag No. B36850514 was placed on the stunning box and REDACTED Plant Supervisor, was notified immediately of the noncompliance.
313.16(a)(1)
HATS CATEGORY VIII: Stunning Effectiveness At approximately 1100am on October 31st, 2022, while performing a Livestock Humane Handling task, HATS Category VIII Stunning Effectiveness I observed the following noncompliance. I witnessed a plant employee attempt to stun a steer with a firearm. Upon firing, the bullet hit the lower right quadrant of the skull. The animal went down initially but then immediately stood back up and was sensible but did not vocalize or attempt to move away from the plant employee. An immediate corrective action was taken by the employee and a second gunshot stun was successfully delivered to the steer, rendering the animal insensible. This is a noncompliance in violation of 9 CFR 313.16(a)(1) due to a failure to "produce immediate unconsciousness in the animal by a single shot" I notified to REDACTED of the noncompliance immediately. A similar noncompliance was documented on NR GPB3112082423N, issued on 8/23/2022, due to an ineffective initial stun of a steer.
