C. Roy, Inc.: Non-Compliance to Humane Livestock Handling in 2025 (USDA)

313.1

At approximately 10:00am on 4/15/25, I (CSI REDACTED) entered the barn to perform a directed Humane Handling task. There was a small side pen that had a bar on the gate that was sticking out that could potentially harm an animal. At the time hogs were being housed in the pen. Also, the outside pen has metal guard rails for a side, one of them was bent out an could seriously harm cattle if the cattle were excited and moving around. REDACTED (Barn Manager) was shown the noncompliance and told that a Noncompliance Record (NR) would be issued. This finding is in violation of 9 CFR 313.1(a). REDACTED (Manager) was also notified that a NR would be issued. There have been no similar NRs in the past 90 days.

313.2

HATS Category III- Water and Feed Availability At approximately 10:30am on 2/27/25, I (Dr. REDACTED) entered the barn to perform a directed Humane Handling task. There was a small pen which contained two swine, with no water available in the pen. REDACTED (Barn Manager) was shown the noncompliance and told that a Noncompliance Record (NR) would be issued. He immediately provided a container of water for the swine, therefore no regulatory action was taken. This finding is in violation of 9 CFR 313.2(e). Ms. REDACTED (Owner) was also notified that a NR would be issued. There have been no similar NRs in the past 90 days.

313.2

At approximately 9:45am on 11/14/24, I (Dr. REDACTED) entered the barn to perform ante-mortem inspection and a Humane Handling task. REDACTED (Barn Manager) accompanied me to the barn. After performing ante-mortem inspection on two bovine, I noticed two pens which contained swine. Pen #4 contained six pigs, and pen #9 contained four pigs. Both of these pens are long and thin in shape. There was a water container at one end of each of the pens. However, because the pigs had a limited area in which to move around, the pigs at the very front end of each pen did not have access to the water barrel which was located at the back end of each pen. This is in violation of 9 CFR 313.2(e). REDACTED immediately provided access to water for all of the pigs in both pens. He opened a gate towards the back end of pen #4 which allowed the pigs access to a wider spaced area in which they could more freely move around and access the water. He also provided a second water container in pen #9 at the other end of the pen. No regulatory control action was taken. REDACTED and REDACTED (Supervisor) were notified that a noncompliance record (NR) would be issued. There have been no similar NR's in the past 90 days.