Horse slaughtering was effectively banned in the United States until 2011, when language prohibiting the financing of inspections of horse meat facilities fell out of an appropriations bill.
In addition to Valley Meat, facilities in Iowa, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Rockville and Gallatin, Mo., have sought U.S.D.A. approval, Mr. Wagman said.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who called Ms. Smith's case "unacceptable and tragic," said his department has stepped up inspections of meat facilities and planned to establish new rules to help trace any tainted ground meat more swiftly.
We rented a tiny apartment, and the ice man made a living by working at a cold-storage meat facility.
We rented a tiny apartment, and the ice man made a living by working at a cold-storage meat facility The two of us lived a happy life together, without bothering or being bothered by anyone.
Most recently, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn)., Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee on Agriculture and a champion for food safety, called for the temporary closure and investigation into Beef Packers Inc., a Fresno meat facility and the 7th largest supplier of ground beef to U.S. schools.
Clean and smartly designed, with walls and disinfecting tanks in brushed steel, the small red-meat facility in Wigan is regarded by others in the animal-killing business with something approaching awe.
Last year, for instance, it conducted 500 audits of meat processing facilities globally, checking everything from cleanliness to the treatment of animals.
Other firms to benefit from the latest food and drink funding round include Falkirk-based butcher Malcolm Allan, who will receive more than £846,000 to buy a new building and upgrade and install meat processing facilities.
With the closure of Arbogast & Bastian, only two major meat processing facilities remained operating in the state of Pennsylvania - Hatfield Quality Meats of Hatfield, Pennsylvania, and Martins Abattoir & Wholesale Meats, Inc., with headquarters in Godwin, North Carolina.
The Mount Pleasant facility consists of approximately 20 individual processing cells that are separated from one another and are set up so that they could operate as individual meat slicing facilities.
