The issue of the humane handling and slaughter of livestock is not a recent concern triggered by videos that shock the public. The issue goes back as far as the Eisenhower Administration when, in 1958 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kurt Vogel, director of the Humane Handling Institute, speaks with meat-industry trainees during a workshop about stunning ...

Eleven years ago, in the small Wisconsin town of Plum City in Pierce County, Brandon Clare bought J.M. Watkins meat packing plant. With no experience beyond what he learned from the previous owners, ...

GREENBACK, Tenn. — Federal food safety inspectors took action against a farm and butcher shop in Greenback after they said an inspector watched as an animal was inhumanely slaughtered earlier this ...

Rochester, NY—In a potential victory for billions of birds, a federal judge ruled yesterday that a lawsuit filed against the US Department of Agriculture for failing to require humane handling of ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has notified North Dakota State University about the suspension of Inspection Program ...

RIVER FALLS, Wis. (WEAU) - The Rosen Family Foundation, Inc. is announcing a $1 million gift in support of the Humane Handling Institute at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. The gift to the ...