Fatigued Hogs

As a result of BSE being found in North America, the USDA banned all high-risk “downer” cattle in the human food supply. The ban has potentially created a huge and costly problem for U.S. pork producers regarding fatigued/non-ambulatory hogs.

Excluding non-ambulatory, “high-risk” cattle from the food supply is an appropriate regulatory response to the discovery of BSE in a cow in the U.S. Scientific evidence has not shown that hogs are susceptible to BSE. Non-ambulatory or fatigued pigs are inspected by FSIS veterinarians for fitness to be passed into the human food supply. The great majority of these pigs recover with rest and are processed without affecting either food safety or meat quality. 

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Fatigued Hogs