CRIMES WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES - gpvec

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3. Inspection was suspended at the plant on January 6, 2006, July 8, 2006 and November
20, 2006 for humane handling/slaughter violations.
Crescent Slaughterhouse (Detroit, Mich.)
1. Plant was issued two NRs in 2004 for incidents of inhumane slaughter.
2. Inspection was suspended at the plant on May 29, 2005 as a result of the following incident:
At approximately 1015 while performing postmortem inspection on the kill floor,
[inspection personnel] heard an animal vocalizing loudly in the stunning area.
[Inspection personnel] walked to the stunning area and observed a steer hanging. The
steer was conscious as evidenced by vocalizing (bellowing) and it was moving its limbs
thrashing about. The inspector observed [plant owner] cut the throat of the conscious
steer. After he cut the throat the steer stopped vocalizing and continued to move its limbs.
Inspector asked [plant owner] what he was doing and he stated that he had cut the throat
of the steer.
3. On July 6, 2006, the FSIS filed a complaint to withdraw inspection service based on
the establishment’s failure to effectively implement humane handling and slaughtering,
intimidation and/or interference with FSIS employees and failure to maintain proper food
safety procedures. The establishment entered into a consent decision with the FSIS that
contains provisions to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
Dakota Pack (Estherville, Iowa)
1. Plant was issued NRs on December 19, 2002 and January 29, 2004 for failure to
provide water to animals in holding pens.
2. Plant was issued NRs on December 17, 2002, January 3, 2003 and February 3, 2003
for insufficient stunning. The December 17, 2002 incident is described below:
At approximately 1100 I hea[r]d a pig squealing in the stick pen area. I went to the stick
pen and observed a pig (boar) shackled and hoisted but it was still conscious. The pig
still had the righting reflex and was trying to bite the plant employee who was sticking the
pig.
3. Plant was issued an NR on April 7, 2003 for dragging a conscious, disabled hog by
the leg.
Excel (beardstown, Ill.)
1. Inspection at the plant was suspended on August 26, 2003 as a result of the
establishment receiving seven NRs related to humane handling/slaughter since January
2003. Violations included improper stunning procedures (three occasions), improper
handling of nonambulatory hogs (two occasions), failure to provide water to animals in
the suspect pen, and an incident where an employee attempted to dislodge a hog with his
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