An investigation in Ireland has shone a spotlight on the welfare of horses and how their meat can enter the food chain.
Traceability, misuse of microchips, and fake passport issues were raised in a program by Irish broadcaster RTÉ, including undercover footage and microchip record analysis.
In response, the
Continue Reading Irish Investigation Uncovers Horse Traceability Issues
The number of horses likely being exported for slaughter has not dropped off anywhere near enough for animal activists. It is believed that Mexican slaughter plants during 2023 took 17,997 horses from Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, according to the non-governmental organization Animal Wellness Action. The Washington D.C.-based group says:
Continue Reading Banning horse exports for slaughter might take a ride on the Farm Bill or another big spending measure
The commercial slaughter of equine animals for human consumption ended in the United States 16 years ago. But the subject of horse slaughter still makes the annual legislative agenda in the nation’s capital and this year is no different.
An annual budget proviso, for example, bans any funds for USDA
Continue Reading Equine inspections to remain forbidden and SAFE Act wants horse export ban
Only an annual budget proviso keeps USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service from providing equine inspection services. Without USDA inspection, horses cannot be slaughtered in the U.S. for human consumption.
Whether or not the proviso gets included in each year’s annual federal budget has almost been like a flip-of-the
Continue Reading A permanent ban on horse slaughter might replace that yearly budget proviso
Interesting read on the decision of permanently banning horse slaughter in the US – and exports? Why are Canada and Mexico still receiving horses for slaughter?
The bill should also address the inhumane transport of horses in cattle liners – they are transferred near the border to larger trailers
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: Horse slaughter legislation needs to do more
Spanish authorities have busted a suspected organized crime group selling horse meat that could have been unfit for human consumption.
The Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) was supported by Europol. The alleged criminal organization, based in the province of Barcelona, reportedly falsified equine documents and sold horse meat without the
Continue Reading Alleged criminal group sold potentially unfit to eat horse meat
With the ban on USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service spending any federal money on equine inspections set to expire Sept. 30, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are divided over whether to extend it.
The last time a horse was legally slaughtered for human consumption in the U.S.
Continue Reading Appropriation Committees split over ban on equine inspections
The Miami-Dade Police Department, State Attorney, and USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service have managed to get on the inside of the lucrative black market for horse meat for human consumption that has long played out in the shadows of South Florida’s backroads.
A raid Friday carried out by the
Continue Reading Police raid results in the arrest of a horse slaughter kingpin
The West is full of monuments from Tucson to Mountain Meadows of famous shoot-outs and massacres that usually brought nothing more that pyrrhic victories for one side. On that basis, it’s time to erect another of those roadside plaques at the site of the former Valley Meat Co. outside of
Continue Reading Another search for elusive answers in Roswell, NM
On Friday, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill in Congress to ban horse slaughter. The John Rainey Memorial Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act would alter the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act so that all horse parts are deemed unsafe. In addition, it would prohibit the
Continue Reading Bills to Ban Horse Slaughter Introduced in Congress
