NEW OXFORD, Pa. Plainville Farms, a turkey processing company based in New Oxford, Pa., which is a major supplier to grocery chains such as Harris Teeter, Publix, and Wegman’s, has been charged as a major violator of animal welfare laws following an extensive criminal probe by Pennsylvania law e.
Eleven former employees of farms in central and southeastern Pennsylvania, including facilities in Chester County, have been charged with animal cruelty for allegedly kicking, throwing and stomping on turkeys at facilities owned by Plainville Farms, a regional supplier for grocery stores. The alleged abuses was exposed by PETA, which sent an undercover investigator to film at Chester County farms in West Sadsbury and West Fallowfield.
PETA’s legal counsel sent a letter this morning to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) humane handling PETA’s legal counsel sent a letter this morning to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) humane handling ombudsperson, Dr. Kurt Schulz, questioning why the agency has failed to take any action following a whistleblower’s allegations of abuse and violations of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act occurring at Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. in Sioux Falls. The group is pushing for the agency to rectify the failure immediately by investigating the local slaughterhouse for its escalating violations of federal law, especially since the agency’s own inspection documents describe abuse like that recounted by the whistleblower.
Following a PETA exposé of Plainville Farms a local turkey supplier to top grocers, including Wegmans, Publix, and Harris Teeter the Pennsylvania State
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