CRIMES WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES - gpvec

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2. Inspection was suspended at the plant on March 12, 2002 for use of improper
ammunition for stunning.
3. Plant was issued an NR on January 30, 2003 for failure to provide animals with water.
bob Evans (Hillsdale, Mich.)
1. Plant was issued an NR on January 18, 2002 for insufficient stunning of hogs.
2. Inspection was suspended at the plant on January 29, 2002 for another incident of
insufficient stunning, described below:
At approximately 0720 hrs I observed a sow on the skinning bed begin kicking
vigorously with the rear legs when the plant employees began the skinning procedure.
The plant employees restrained the rear legs and repositioned the sow and skinning
bed against the bleeding bed. The sow was restuck, allowed to bleed out, and skinning
resumed when the sow ceased movement. At approximately 0940 hrs I observed 4 sows
showing signs of consciousness (blinking and regular chewing like motion) while on
the bleed table. Employees waited until movement ceased before skinning was started.
At approximately 1015 hrs I again observed a sow vigorously kicking after being rolled
onto the skinning bed.
booker Packing Company (booker, Texas)
1. Plant was issued an NOIE on February 7, 2002 for four NRs written between
September 2001 and February 2002 for inhumane handling (two for improper handling of
downer cattle and two for failure to provide water to animals in holding pens).
2. Inspection was suspended at the plant on October 17, 2006.
brawley beef (brawley, Calif.)
1. Inspection was suspended at the plant on March 25, 2004 as a result of the following
incident:
At approximately 0913 hrs I entered the sticking and bleeding area.... At that time the
employee in charge of sticking the cattle noticed my presence and started yelling and
looking down the line towards where the feet are removed. The employees down the
line at each station all the way to where they start skinning were also yelling. Thinking
that something was going on down the line, I walked down to investigate. When I
reached the area past where the feet were removed, I noticed that the sticker was still
yelling and looking at cattle in front of him. At that time I realized that there may be a
conscious animal on the rail. By the time I got back to the sticker I noticed that there was
a conscious animal that had passed through the electrical stimulator.... At this time the
sticker ran his blade into the animal and blood poured out. The animal made a movement
in reaction to the blade and made one slight attempt to raise its head up. Several attempts
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