In 2018, there were 109 humane handling enforcement actions posted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Services (FSIS) Web site.
Of the 109 enforcement actions, the following species were accounted for: swine, cattle, sheep, goats and bison. The majority of these enforcement actions were related to swine (45.9 percent), followed by cattle (42.2 percent), sheep (6.4 percent), goats (0.9 percent), and bison (0.9 percent). The remainder of enforcement actions did not clearly specify species of animal (3.7 percent).