NDSU Meat Lab (KFGO file photo)
FARGO (KFGO KVRR) – The Cass County States Attorneyâs Office is looking into a U.S. Dept. of Agriculture report alleging inhumane treatment of a cow at the North Dakota State University Meat Laboratory.
In February, USDA sent NDSU a notice that federal inspectors would not be assigned to the meat laboratory âuntil such time as you provide to this office adequate written corrective actions and preventive measures to assure that the handling and/or slaughter of animals will be done humanely.â
The Notice of Suspension says that it took several shots from whatâs called a âcaptive bolt deviceâ to render a cow unconscious. A manager disassembled and reassembled the gun, but it misfired before a fifth shot rendered the cow unconscious.