CRIMES WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES - gpvec

aPPendiCes
Saint Croix Abattoir Saint Croix, VI Very small ---- 03/25/04
Snow Hill Processing Chesterfield, SC Very small ---- 08/21/06
Stagno’s Meat d Modesto, CA Small 05/17/07 03/06/03
09/18/03
05/24/07 c
The Meat Shop Benson, VT Very small ---- 08/15/05
The Pork Company Warsaw, NC Small ---- 06/09/06
09/05/06
Union Slaughter House Del Rio, TX Very small ---- 02/14/07
Ward’s, Inc. d Jerseyville, IL Very small ---- 01/16/02 c
Notes
a See Appendix C for slaughter establishment enforcement case studies.
b Notice of Intended Enforcement (NOIE).
c Facility cited simultaneously for food safety violations.
d Facility out of business, has voluntarily withdrawn from federal inspection or has had inspection services
withdrawn by the FSIS.
Source: USDA-FSIS Quarterly Enforcement Reports (http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_policies/
Quarterly_Enforcement_Reports/index.asp).
Appendix C:
Federal Enforcement Case Studies
2001 to 2007
4-L Processing (Coke, Texas)
1. Inspection was suspended at the plant on May 17, 2004 in response to the following
incident:
There were about 250 hogs delivered to the plant about 0800 hrs this morning. There are
some dead animals (15 or more) in the pens with nearly all of the animals suffering the
effects of heat exhaustion, i.e. heavy respiration and depression. Some of the animals are
standing, but many are down and unable to rise.... There is no water available. Down
and/or disabled animals have not been moved to a place of shelter.
Abbyland Pork (Curtiss, Wis.)
1. Plant was issued a Noncompliance Record (NR) on June 14, 2001 for inhumane
handling in the barn during unloading.
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