Dixon Meats: Non-Compliance to Humane Livestock Handling in 2025 (USDA)
See the detail of the non-compliance of humane livestock handling that the USDA observed at the Dixon Meats slaughterhouse establishment in 2025.
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313.15(a)(1)
HATS Category VIII - Stunning Effectiveness On March 6, 2025, at approximately 09:40am while performing the humane handling verification activities at establishment M9398A, I, CSI REDACTED, along with CSI REDACTED, observed the following noncompliance. The establishment had a steer in the stun box for stunning with a handheld captive bolt. The stunner reached into the stun box and attempted to make the stun, accidentally hitting the steer in the nose. The steer remained standing, did not vocalize, but there was a visible wound on the side of the nose. The stunner took immediate corrective action by immediately reloading the captive bolt, and immediately delivering a successful second stun, which made the steer unconscious and insensible to pain. Mr. REDACTED was verbally notified of the noncompliance and the establishment’s failure to adhere to the regulatory requirements of 9 CFR 313.15(a)(1).
