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Archive Home > 2006 > May > 07 > Not all slaughtering facilities have USDA inspectors on hand

Not all slaughtering facilities have USDA inspectors on hand

By Ernestine Bousquet / The Bulletin
May 7, 2006

When you buy meat from a local farm, the animal will be slaughtered and processed, usually by a local facility.

When animals are slaughtered, they are either handled by a custom slaughter facility or a plant that has a federal inspector from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on hand to view....

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