August 29, 2012

US meat firm, Central Valley Meat (CVM), has resumed operations for its meat plant in California, US, after the USDA accepts its action plan for proper treatment of livestock.

Recently, USDA shut the meat plant after it was provided with video revealing inhumane handling and treatment of livestock. The video was provided by an investigator for the animal rights group, Compassion Over Killing.

Following this, restaurant chains, McDonald's, and In-N-Out Burger announced that they will be suspending purchases from CVM.

CVM noted that it has submitted an action plan to the USDA, which involves better training for the workers, better monitoring of the facilities, and more frequent third-party audits of the operations. The company said that the USDA has accepted the action plan and permitted to open the plant.