CRIMES WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES - gpvec

Fresh Pork (Lott, Texas) a
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1. Plant was issued an NOIE on December 10, 2002 for failure to provide hogs in holding
pens with access to water on four occasions between March and September 2002, and for
driving hogs inhumanely and having a holding pen in poor condition in August 2002.
Fruitland American Meat (Jackson, Mo.)
1. Plant was issued NRs on July 3, 2003, August 11, 2003 and October 10, 2003 for
insufficient stunning (multiple knocking) to produce unconsciousness.
2. Plant was issued an NR on January 19, 2004 for failure to provide cattle in pens with
access to water.
3. Plant was issued an NOIE on December 22, 2005 for the following incident:
At approximately 1410 a Fruitland employee notified me there was an animal at the
south door presented for antemortem inspection. It was a sow on a livestock trailer with
a prolapsed uterus. The sow was standing but in obvious distress. I indicated that the
sow was to be knocked. The knocking gun was appropriately placed but the sow blinked
several times after falling from the knock. The Fruitland employee observed the sow and
attempted to administer a second knock. The knocking fun misfired several times. The sow
died before the knocking gun functioned properly.
Garner Abattoir & Meat Processing (Van buren, Ark.)
1. Plant was issued an NOIE on June 24, 2005 for five NRs written between August 2004
and June 2005. Violations included failure to produce immediate unconsciousness with
use of a firearm on three occasions, failure to provide water to hogs on one occasion and
pens noted to be in need of repair on one occasion.
Gibbon Packing (Gibbon, Neb.)
1. Plant was issued an NOIE on January 30, 2004 for four NRs written between
November 2003 and February 2004. Violations included not providing access to water in
pens (two instances), overcrowding in pens, excessive use of electric prods and improper
stunning of animals.
2. Plant was issued an NR on February 18, 2004 for improper stunning of cattle.
3. Inspection was suspended at the plant on March 10, 2004 as a result of the
following incident:
At 1310 hrs I went to the stunning area to observe stunning and bleeding procedures.
As I approached the bleeding area, approximately 10 shackled cattle were waiting to be
bled.... The last animal which had been stuck and was bleeding at the time I approached
was a large black bull. I noticed this bull breathing and trying to right himself by arching
his neck and throwing his head up. The breathing was deep and rhythmical and the
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