Originally from: Pat Gardiner
                        
Freedom Food?

Didn't do these pigs much, good did it?

The allegation, made by another employee, although not repeated here, was that the pigs were boiled alive

Dalehead belong to Freedom Food.

http://www.npa-uk.net/

September 21

Welfare was not compromised

RSPCA has confirmed that it has visited Dalehead Foods in response to claims that pigs were made to suffer unnecessarily at the abattoir in Linton, Cambridgeshire.

But there is no proof the animals' welfare was compromised, as stunning standards exceed the minimum amp and time level and can, themselves, result in the pig's death, it says.

The allegations were that, on two occasions, pigs had been placed into a vat of water after being stunned, without first having their throats cut.

In May 2006 Dalehead Foods was obliged to suspend and retrain an employee who had not followed mandatory procedures at its site in Linton. A state veterinary surgeon would have confirmed that the employee was able to be reinstated with his licence after retraining.

Following the report of a further breach in September 2006 by the same employee, Dalehead Foods invoked disciplinary proceedings, the outcome of which was the termination of the employee's contract.

RSPCA inspectors are satisfied that these were isolated incidents and that the organisation acted correctly upon learning of the employee's actions.

Regards
Pat Gardiner
www.go-self-sufficient.com