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The USDA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a positive report on the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Humane Handling Enforcement report. The audit was in reaction to a 2010 Government Accounting Office (GAO) report that stated there were weaknesses in the USDA enforcement of humane slaughter methods. The Humane Methods of Slaughter … Read more
The Missouri House of Representatives has passed H.B. 1860 on a vote of 108-32. The bill would make it a crime to record undercover pictures and videos on factory farms. Animal rights organizations have used these methods to expose animal cruelty and unsanitary conditions on farms and in slaughterhouses. Now it’s up to the Missouri … Read more
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) filed a legal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission last week, alleging that the National Pork Producers Council’s (NPPC) ads are deceptive. The ads in question are titled: “We Care Initiative” and “Pork Quality Assurance Plus” programs. The issue centers around breeding sows raised in gestation crates. … Read more
On April 30, 2012, Food Poisoning Bulletin told you about an “Ag-Gag” bill that passed the Iowa legislature and is going to the governor’s desk for signature. The bill criminalizes anyone who lies to get a job at a factory farm, with the intent to expose animal abuse or other wrongdoing in agribusiness. Since that … Read more
Last night, the Iowa House and Senate passed legislation protecting the food industry against whistleblowers. The law would hamper the efforts of people who try to expose problems and wrongdoing in the food industry. The House version of the bill would have added criminal penalties against those who record undercover video at agricultural facilities, such … Read more
Dr. Sarah Mason, the director of animal programs in North Carolina’s agriculture department poultry division, has been suspended for two weeks without pay. She allegedly tipped off a veterinarian at the Butterball facility in Shannon, North Carolina about an upcoming raid. The group Mercy for Animals had videotaped workers at the plant beating and mistreating … Read more
Last week, an official with the North Carolina Agriculture Department was accused of tipping off employees at the Butterball turkey plant that a raid was imminent. In late December, authorities used a search warrant to inspect the facility in Hoke County, North Carolina. Butterball was accused of animal cruelty after an activist went undercover and … Read more
Remember the accusations of cruelty against animals at a Butterball turkey farm in North Carolina last month? As it turns out, the company officials were tipped off by a veterinarian who is employed by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. The group Progress North Carolina wants the state Agriculture Commissioner, Steve Troxier, to answer to … Read more
Law enforcement authorities used a search warrant this week to inspect turkeys at a Butterball turkey facility in Hoke County, North Carolina. The action was taken based on allegations of animal cruelty. Mercy for Animals reported that an activist went undercover at the facility for three weeks ending in mid-December. The activist witnessed “an ongoing … Read more