A newly released undercover video from Hormel Foods supplier Quality Pork Processors claims to show inhumane treatment of pigs as they are being slaughtered. The USDA has stated that it is investigating the video, while QPP and others in the meat industry are stated that the edited video gives a one-sided, inaccurate look at the company’s processes.
The video was released by Compassion over Killing, a group that promotes vegetarian diets. It shows pigs being dragged across the floor and beaten with paddles. It also claims that animals at the plant, located in Austin, Minn., shows pigs that were still alive after being stunned, and writing in pain as they are bled out. An unedited version of the video has been submitted to the USDA, which has said it will investigate the allegations, reports the Washington Post.