Slaughter Process Series
Introduction
Posted November 11, 2017
When discussing using livestock animals for meat, it’s important to understand the process of how an animal goes from being alive and well on a farm to the neatly packaged meat cuts we see at the grocery store. Read more...
Posted November 11, 2017
When discussing using livestock animals for meat, it’s important to understand the process of how an animal goes from being alive and well on a farm to the neatly packaged meat cuts we see at the grocery store. Read more...
Welfare On The Farm
Posted November 28, 2017
How humane treatment throughout livestock animals' lives is one of the greatest ways a farmer can maximize their income. Read more...
Posted November 28, 2017
How humane treatment throughout livestock animals' lives is one of the greatest ways a farmer can maximize their income. Read more...
Temple Grandin
Posted December 3, 2017
Dr. Temple Grandin is probably the most influential figure in the livestock processing industry, as she has literally changed the landscape of plants around the world. Read more...
Posted December 3, 2017
Dr. Temple Grandin is probably the most influential figure in the livestock processing industry, as she has literally changed the landscape of plants around the world. Read more...
Transportation
Posted December 22, 2017
Transportation is usually the most stressful part of a farm animal’s life. While being hauled in a trailer, animals are easily overwhelmed with so many new sights, sounds, and smells, when they’ve typically spent their entire lives on one farm. Read more...
Posted December 22, 2017
Transportation is usually the most stressful part of a farm animal’s life. While being hauled in a trailer, animals are easily overwhelmed with so many new sights, sounds, and smells, when they’ve typically spent their entire lives on one farm. Read more...
Unloading & Holding
Posted January 21, 2017
The animals have been grown to the desired processing weight, are in prime condition, and have been transported to the slaughterhouse. Stiff and thirsty from the journey, it is now time for them to be unloaded from the trailer. Read more...
Posted January 21, 2017
The animals have been grown to the desired processing weight, are in prime condition, and have been transported to the slaughterhouse. Stiff and thirsty from the journey, it is now time for them to be unloaded from the trailer. Read more...
Stunning
Posted January 28, 2018
Every animal must be rendered unconscious (stunned) before any harm comes to them. The act of stunning is not actually what kills them, it just makes them insensible so they do not feel the pain of the actual death. Stunning has been developed and innovated over the past half-century, allowing it to become impeccable. Read more...
Posted January 28, 2018
Every animal must be rendered unconscious (stunned) before any harm comes to them. The act of stunning is not actually what kills them, it just makes them insensible so they do not feel the pain of the actual death. Stunning has been developed and innovated over the past half-century, allowing it to become impeccable. Read more...
Slaughterhouse Worker Safety
Posted February 11, 2017
Working in the meatpacking industry is one of the most high-risk jobs in the nation. Workers are subjected to loud noises, dangerous equipment, and biomedical hazards on a daily basis. Read more...
Posted February 11, 2017
Working in the meatpacking industry is one of the most high-risk jobs in the nation. Workers are subjected to loud noises, dangerous equipment, and biomedical hazards on a daily basis. Read more...
Post Mortem Food Safety
Posted February 18, 2018
Every animal that is processed gets evaluated by a USDA-trained employee who conducts a post-mortem inspection that includes all steps from stunning until the carcass, stripped of byproducts so only the meat is left, goes into a freezer.
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Posted February 18, 2018
Every animal that is processed gets evaluated by a USDA-trained employee who conducts a post-mortem inspection that includes all steps from stunning until the carcass, stripped of byproducts so only the meat is left, goes into a freezer.
Read more...