Hometown Butcher: 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 Hometown Butcher slaughterhouse establishment in 2025.
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313.16(a)(3),313.16(a)(1)
HATS category VIII: Stunning Effectiveness On 3/13/2025 at approximately 09:40, while performing a Livestock Humane Handling task, at Hometown Butcher Est # 9112, the following event was observed by CSI REDACTED. I was at the designated safe location when I heard the initial stun attempt to a lamb. A .22 LR revolver was being used. I entered the room to verify the stun and observed the animal still standing and alert with blood from its forehead, demonstrating the stun attempt did contact the animal. The stun operator recognized the failure and delivered an immediate and effective corrective action (2nd) stun, with the same firearm rendering the animal insensible, and it remained so thereafter. This is a violation of Reg. 9 CFR 313.16(a)(1) and 9 CFR 313.16(a)(3). USDA tag No. B-45241469 was attached to the knock box. Plant kill floor personnel REDACTED, establishment management representative, was notified of the observed non-compliance and of the regulatory control action.
313.2
HATS Category IV: Ante-Mortem On 03/04/25 at approximately 1050, in the holding pens area at Hometown Butcher, Est. #9112, I, CSI REDACTED, observed the following noncompliance: A beef heifer was observed with its head entrapped in the pen rail system, and the animal was vocalizing and exhibiting excitement, attempting to free itself. The animal subsequently calmed down, but there was an observed injury/abrasion to the left leg, with blood coming from the wound. Establishment owner REDACTED was notified of my observations and of the non-compliance with 9 CFR 313.2(a).
