In 2020, there were 99 humane handling enforcement actions posted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Services (FSIS) website.
Summary Of the 99 enforcement actions, the following species were accounted for: swine, cattle, sheep, and goats. The largest number of enforcement actions were related to cattle (or 48.48%; 48 of 99), followed by swine (36.36%; 36 of 99) sheep (11.11%; 11 of 99), and goats (1.01%; 1 of 99). There was one action that included multiple animals (1.01%; 1 of 99) and the remainder of the enforcement actions did not clearly identify a specific animal (2.02%; 2 of 99).