White Oak Pastures: Non-Compliance to Humane Livestock Handling in 2024 (USDA)
See the detail of the non-compliance of humane livestock handling that the USDA observed at the White Oak Pastures slaughterhouse establishment in 2024.
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313.15(a)(1)
At approximately 10:50am on 10/16/2023 IPP witnessed the following humane handling non-compliance. Plant personnel brought the cow into the knock box. The cow was secured in a head catch. A captive bolt was used. The employee at the knock box proceeded to knock the cow with the captive bolt. The cow was not rendered unconscious and vocalized. No blood was seen coming from the nostrils. The employee took immediate corrective action by delivering a second shot to the cow’s head with a .22 mag rifle rendering it unconscious. This is a failure of 9 CFR 313.15(a)(1). The knock box was tagged (NO. B43383448). Because corrective actions were immediate, the stunning area was released. On postmortem examination it was confirmed that there were two points of entry in the cow’s head.
