The temporary ban on food-safety inspections at horse slaughterhouses was enacted Nov. 4.

A federal lawsuit seeking an emergency injunction to overturn the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent permit approval for a horse meat plant in Roswell has been transferred from U.S. District Court in California.

The USDA said it was required by law to issue a grant of inspection to Valley Meat Co.

The AG in New Mexico has ruled that veterinary drugs commonly administered to horses would render their meat adulterated under state law and not fit for human consumption.

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said that unless Congress reinstates a ban on horse slaughter, a proposed horse meat plant in New Mexico will open soon.

The U.S. will be boosting species tests of imported meat products imported from Iceland, Ireland, Poland and the United Kingdom, according to a new USDA directive.

The USDA is expected to approve a horse slaughtering plant in New Mexico within the next two months.

New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez says she plans to send a letter to the USDA, requesting that the agency deny a proposed horse slaughterhouse's request for inspections that would allow it to operate.

Congress quietly lifted a 5-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections, and activists say slaughterhouses could be up and running in as little as a month.

Nebraska state senators advanced a bill that would allow for a state meat inspection program and possibly a horse slaughter and processing facility, and the chair of the state's Agriculture Committee slammed the Humane Society of the United States in the process.