animal factory that looks at how the mishandling and processing of animals leads to serious problems with your food. you should never, ever slaughter a downed cow or downer cow. that meat should nefr go into the food system. the main concern, of course, is bse which we know as mad cow disease. two workers are holding her from behind, twisting her tail, and they can continue to shock her as they lead her to the kill box. his testimony brings back unpleasant memories of the 2008 recall of more than 140 million pounds of beef from this plant in chino, california where workers caught slaughtering so-called downed cows. owner of that plant was called to testify before congress back then. they were illegally slaughtered underneath the rules and regulations of the united states. correct. the man who was in charge of slaughterhouse inspectors in his job since july also testified