EXCEL Pork Plant
Slaughter

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, weighed, tattooed, washed and rested.

Pre-slaughter tasks include antemortem inspection by a USDA veterinarian, washing and humane stunning with electricity.

Slaughter processes included are:

• sticking and bleeding
• dehairing
• removal and processing of the head
• evisceration of internal organs
• carcass splitting
• chilling in a blast freezer at -40 degrees

Safety and quality control measures regarding extensive worker training, HACCP programs, on-site inspection by USDA and EXCEL personnel and laboratory testing are included.

Objectives included in Excel Pork Plant: Slaughter are :

• to learn the steps involved in procuring and slaughtering hogs
• to learn about by-products derived from the slaughter process
• to be aware of steps taken to ensure products are produced in a safe and sanitary environment

EXCEL Pork Plant provides the viewer with an opportunity to view the daily slaughter operations of large processing facility.

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