U.S. supplier to Hormel tightens controls after animal abuse video

CHICAGO – A U.S. hog slaughterhouse, where workers were recorded on undercover video beating animals, took action Thursday to meet demands from Hormel Foods Corp., its only customer, that it tighten controls and give extra training to staff.

A video released on Wednesday by animal activist group Compassion Over Killing showed workers at the Austin, Minn., plant, owned by Quality Pork Processors Inc., beating, dragging and slitting the throats of live animals.

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