After a lawsuit settlement with the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Farm Sanctuary, the USDA will now post records related to the treatment of slaughter animals on the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) website.
Records will date back to January 2017 and include cases related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act.
“Thousands of slaughterhouse records are now readily available to concerned citizens and animal advocacy groups who wish to monitor USDA enforcement without waiting months or even years for the department to respond to (Freedom of Information Act requests),” said Erin Sutherland, staff attorney for the AWI’s farm animal program.
