More about laws and regulation affecting businesses -- in this case, the meatpacking industry in Vermont.
A Senate-passed bill would sharply increase fines and penalties for slaughterhouse abuses and calls for repeat offenders to be shut down permanently. However, the bill is unlikely to pass this year. State Agriculture Secretary Roger Allbee said in an interview that the bill "likely would severely harm a fledgling slaughterhouse industry his agency has been trying to promote as more Vermonters appear interested in buying locally grown meats."
These measures are in response to allegations that a Grand Isle slaughterhouse mistreate calves also had numerous food safety violations. "The issue emerged last fall when the Humane Society of the United States released video recorded by an investigator working undercover at the Bushway slaughterhouse. It appeared to show calves being skinned alive, having their throats cut while conscious, being kicked and shocked with an electric prod and other abuses."
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Vermont-slaughterhouse-apf-1544255443.html?x=0
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I hope this bill is passed before next year! I understand the whole slaughterhouse thing is not a pretty place to begin with, but to torture the animals while they are still alive is wrong! I think this bill will make a difference, and I hope the slaughterhouses that do not participate are heavly fined and shut down!
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