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Tour EXCEL’s Ottumwa, Iowa, pork packing plant, where 12,500 hogs are efficiently and humanely slaughtered each day. At buying stations, hogs are sorted, counted, weighted, tattooed, washed, and rested. Preslaughter tasks include antemortem inspection by a USDA veterinarian, washing, and humane stunning with electricity. Slaughter processes covered include: sticking and bleeding, dehairing, removal and processing of the head, evisceration of internal organs, carcass splitting, and chilling in a blast freezer at -40 degrees. You’ll also discover how pork by-products are turned into fertilizer, sausage casings, and other products. Safety and quality-control measures you’ll learn about include extensive worker training, HACCP programs, on-site inspection by USDA and EXCEL personnel, and laboratory testing. Section quizzes and a final quiz check viewer’s understanding. Supplement included. 37 minutes. Copyright 2000.
