CRIMES WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES - gpvec

Notes
Crimes Without ConsequenCes
Missouri No documents provided
Montana One memo provided, requesting staff review federal
humane slaughter regulations
New Mexico One document provided: a form to indicate acceptance of
humane slaughter regulations by slaughter establishment
North Carolina No documents provided
North Dakota One memo provided, instructing staff to review the USDA
directive and training scenario on humane slaughter
Ohio No documents provided
Oklahoma No documents provided
South Carolina No documents provided
South Dakota Three documents provided, including one memo
instructing staff to review the USDA humane slaughter
directive; one memo reminding producers, markets and
slaughter plants to take measures to protect animals from
extreme weather; and one agenda for a staff workshop on
humane slaughter
Texas No documents provided
Utah No documents provided
Vermont No documents provided
Virginia No documents provided
West Virginia No documents provided
Wisconsin No documents provided
Wyoming No documents provided
a State conducts inspections for custom slaughter only.
As indicated in Table 21, a few states took enforcement actions beyond issuance of
an NR. Kansas and Wisconsin each issued two letters of warning during the 3-year
period. California temporarily suspended inspection at a custom poultry slaughter plant.
Ohio withdrew inspection and ordered operations to cease at an establishment that had
a history of uncorrected violations, including failure to provide water for animals in
holding pens. In lieu of a civil penalty, South Carolina mandated training on humane
handling for employees of a plant involved in an incident in which a conscious nonambulatory
cow was dragged off a trailer onto the ground.
The state of Minnesota assessed the strongest penalties for humane slaughter violations.
In one case, a slaughter plant that used a sledgehammer to stun at pig was assessed a
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