Inspections Show More Slaughterhouses With Problems - Take Heart

Inspections Show More Slaughterhouses With Problems

A federal audit of slaughterhouses licensed to provide beef to the nation's schoolchildren found animal-handling problems at four of the 18 plants audited, such us workers having to stun the animals a second time, overcrowding of penned cows, bunching of cows in the stunning area that caused the animals to balk of another plant and excessive use of electrical prods. Although the proposed budget for the coming fiscal year contains $962 million for the inspection service, the number of employees has dropped significantly over the past 26 years.