USDA

... 

Food Safety and 

Inspection Service 

Office of Field 

Operations 

Denver District Office 

1 Denver Federal 

Center, Bldg. 45 

P.O. Box 25387 

Denver, CO 80225 

Voice (303)236-9800 

Fax (303)236-9794 

United States Department of Agriculture 

September 5, 2023 

SENT VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL 

Mr. Brian Jensen, Owner 

Jensen Meat Co., LLC, Est. M1529 

103 Baseline Rd. 

Rupe1i, ID 83350 

jensenmeat@live.com 

NOTICE OF SUSPENSION HELD IN ABEYANCE (NOSHA) 

Dear Mr. Jensen 

On December 6, 2022, the Food Safety and Inspection Se1v ice (FSIS) issued your 

establishment, Jensen Meat Company, LLC, M1529, a Notice of Suspension (NOS). 

The decision to issue the NOS was made in accordance with 21 U.S.C. 603(b) and 

Title 9 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Paii 500.3(b), based on your 

establishment's failure to comply with 9 CFR 313.16 regulations. A Noncompliance 

Record (NR), written by the FSIS Consumer Safety Inspector (CSI), documented an 

egregious event whereby an establishment employee ineffectively stunned a potbellied pig with multiple fireaim s numerous times. 

Several con espondences were received via email between Februaiy 7, 2023, and 

July 12, 2023. Your responses included info1mation on training, monitoring, and 

improved animal restraint as well as proffering that you will no longer slaughter any 

pot-bellied pigs. After reviewing the responses, verifying proffered modifications, 

and based upon your proposed con ective actions, FSIS will hold the suspension of 

inspectors at your establishment in abeyance. 

The suspension will remain in abeyance pending verification by FSIS inspection 

personnel. Dm-ing this abeyance period, FSIS will continue to verify, assess, and 

evaluate the effectiveness of your proffered con ective actions to ensure that these are 

adequately implemented, and confnm that livestock are properly handled and 

slaughtered humanely. 

FSIS will design a verification plan to confnm that your establishment is 

implementing the con ective actions you provided in your response to the NOS. The 

verification plan identifies your con ective action plan, the relevant regulations and 

the frequency FSIS inspection personnel will verify the implementation and 

effectiveness of your proffered actions. 
FSIS will provide you a copy of the verification plan at a later time. Please be advised that only 

FSIS can amend the verification plan. Ifyour establishment wishes to modify your proposed 

conective actions during the abeyance period, please submit these changes, in writing, to FSIS 

for approval prior to making any changes in your actions. 

FSIS reminds you that as an operator of a federally inspected facility, you are expected to 

comply with the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), the Humane Methods ofSlaughter Act 

(HMSA) and the regulations in 9 CFR 313 to ensure livestock at your establishment are handled 

and slaughtered humanely. The regulations require establishments to take appropriate action(s) 

when either the establishment or FSIS detennines that the establishment's system controls for 

humane handling requirements are ineffective. FSIS has the responsibility to initiate action if 

your establishment fails to operate in accordance with FSIS regulations. 

Please be aware that your failure to comply with the regulato1y requirements or effectively 

implement the commitments you proffered in your responses may lead to further administrative 

enforcement actions. 

Ifyou have any questions regarding this matter, you may contact the Denver District Office at 

(303) 236-9800. 

Sincerely, 

Digitally signed by ROBERT ROBERT REEDER 

Date: 2023.09.05 I5:23:54 REEDER -06'00' 

Dr. Robert Reeder 

District Manager 

USDA FSIS OFO 

Denver District Office 

Robert.Reeder@usda.gov 

cc: FO/QER 

Est. File 

D. James, DDM 

J. Monteverde, DDM 

J. VanHook, DDM 

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PHV 

DVMS 

S. Baucher, RD/OIEA 

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