The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) negotiated an administrative Consent Decision and Order with Abdelkader Fedhal a/k/a Abdelkader Fedal a/k/a Ali Fedal (Fedhal) and Westminster Meat Packing Inc. (Westminster) of Westminster, Vt., on Aug. 29, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
An investigation by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) revealed that from April 23, 2019, through Aug. 19, 2020, Fedhal and Westminster failed to pay the full purchase price of livestock to five (5) livestock sellers totaling $774,306. As of the consent decision date, a total of $110,272 remains unpaid.