Earlier this year, the Food Safety and Inspection Service began posting notices of humane-handling enforcement actions taken at federally inspected slaughter establishments. This was part of several significant steps FSIS has taken to increase transparency in the reporting of agency activities in food safety and animal handling in recent years.
Although such transparency has the potential to make companies uncomfortable, that same discomfort can serve as additional motivation to do what it takes to stay in constant compliance with humane slaughter and handling regulations.