SMITHFIELD, Va. (AP) — An independent investigative team is recommending changes following mistreatment of breeding pigs at a Virginia farm operated by a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods Inc.
The Virginian-Pilot reports that the recommendations include reviewing training programs and euthanasia procedures, and initiating unannounced inspections by third parties.
The Humane Society of the United States released an undercover video last week that showed breeding pigs abused and crammed into small gestation crates at a factory farm in Waverly owned by Smithfield subsidiary Murphy-Brown.
Smithfield fired two employees and their supervisor. The company released the independent investigators' recommendations Wednesday and said each will be immediately addressed.
