By Ed O’Keefe
A Food Safety and Inspection Service veterinarian blew the whistle on his agency Thursday, telling lawmakers that managers repeatedly failed to heed his warnings about unsafe slaughterhouse practices, claims supported by government auditors who said the agency had failed to consistently enforce humane slaughtering standards.
Dean Wyatt, an FSIS supervisor based in Vermont, described several instances in which he witnessed and reported the mistreatment of pigs at an Oklahoma slaughterhouse. Read More…
