The Humane Methods of Slaughter Act is expanded by an amendment requiring that cattle, sheep, swine ... USDA inspectors are empowered to stop the slaughtering line on the spot if they observe any ...

USDA’s daily cattle slaughter estimates revealed 94,000 head of cattle were processed on Tuesday, a drop of 27,000 head from the same time last week. Bloomberg reported Tuesday JBS’s five ...

In early 2008, a slaughterhouse investigation revealed multiple incidents of egregious cruelty to cattle at the Westland-Hallmark Meat ... to pain before they are shackled, hoisted on the slaughter ...

Choice boxes were at $314.70/cwt, with Select at $307.14. This week’s Federally inspected cattle slaughter was estimated at 561,000 head according to the USDA. That is down 23,000 head from ...