The animal activist group PETA wants to end the day when USDA puts a “humane” label on a regulated meat products.
It has filed a petition calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to amend its rules so that it no longer approves claims
Continue Reading PETA wants its say to be the final word on what is humane when its about food animalsSo what’s the gold standard guideline on how to humanely handle feed animals in 2017?
North American Meat Institute’s (NAMI), 2013 Guidelines.
Next question, please.
You can credit, as does NAMI, the “2013” to that innovate Colorado Professor who delights audiences with her speeches by always making pure sense and
Continue Reading Catch the 2013 — NAMI’s guidelines still right on target
Update: Rain Crow Ranch, the Doniphan, MO, cattle operation which owns a nearby beef processing facility recently shut down by the federal government for humane handling violations, is being sued in connection with a 2014 E. coli death. According to an Aug. 17, 2015, Massachusetts newspaper report, a Braintree,
Continue Reading Wrongful Death Lawsuit Linked to Missouri Slaughter Plant Suspended by FSIS
With today’s average consumer three to four generations removed from the farm or ranch, resulting market forces regarding animal care move the burden of proof downstream from the producer to the meat-processing plant. The requirement to implement internal policies that document and audit commercial practices with regard to animal welfare
Continue Reading Animal-Welfare Audits: A Strategic Move for Meat Processors
A “food fight” over allegations of possible inhumane animal treatment broke out in Minneapolis on Tuesday. On one side is the pig-raising Rosewood Farms at Pipestone, MN, which just happens to be owned by Randy Spronk, current president of the National Pork Producers Council. On the other side is a
Continue Reading Worker Fired, But Undercover Pig Farm Video Not Enough for Criminal Charges
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) issued compliance guidelines for a systematic approach to humane handling of livestock on Wednesday. A systematic approach is a comprehensive method of evaluating how livestock enter and move through an establishment and focuses on treating livestock so as to minimize
Continue Reading FSIS Issues Guidance for a Systematic Approach to Humane Livestock Handling
