Plant at Center of Largest Ever Salmonella Ground Beef Recall Accused of “Inhumane” Animal Treatment in USDA FSIS Inspection Records
Enforcement notice records issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) last year show that the JBS meat facility in Tolleson, AZ--recently at the center of 7 million pound ground beef recall due to Salmonella contamination--had previously been called out regarding the condition of their plant and animal welfare practices.
In a July 2017 USDA FSIS Notice of Intended Enforcement issued to the JBS president, officials vowed to stop issuing marks of inspection for the company’s products and to suspend inspections of the slaughtering operations in Tolleson. USDA FSIS noted in the letter that these actions were due to JBS’s “failure to maintain or implement required controls to prevent the inhumane handling and slaughtering of livestock at your establishment and to appropriately handle animals”.