U.S. Department of Agriculture Reopens California Slaughterhouse

Slaughterhouse Reopens It’s Doors after Questionable Undercover Video

By Amanda Brodhagen , Farms.com

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that the California slaughterhouse that was shut down last week due to animal cruelty and food safety allegations can now reopen its doors.

The slaughterhouse under question is ‘Central Valley Meat’s’. The Handford, California, plant was ordered to shut down their operations after the release of video footage captured by an undercover Compassion Over Killing animal activist, claiming animal cruelty was taking place inside the slaughterhouse.

On Thursday, three California Republican Congressmen - Devin Nunes, Kevin McCarthy and Jeff Denham made a request to the USDA to reopen the slaughterhouse, noting that the region’s high unemployment rate would be exacerbated with the prolonged closer of the slaughterhouse. The unemployment rates in the region have been reported as high as 20%. The plant employs over 450 people.

Central Valley Meat’s met USDA’s approval to reopen after the submission of a corrective action plan outlining how the company planned to comply with inspection regulations.