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USDA 

United St ates Department of Agriculture 

Food Safety and 

Inspection Service 

Office of Field Operations 

Philadelphia District 

Mellon Independence 

Center, 

701 Market Street Suite 

4100-A 

Philadelphia, PA 19106 

Electronically Submitted on October 24, 2023 

FedEx Tracking: 7738 4494 2393 

Mr. Ken Rush, Establishment Owner 

Kingdom Provisions, LLC (Est. M -53882) 

5960 Durham Road 

Pi ersville, Pennsylvania 18947 

ueschbrand.com 

rovisions22 , mail.com 

gmail.com 

-2120 

NOTICE OF SUSPENSION HELD IN ABEYANCE 

Dear Mr. Rush, 

This letter serves as official notification by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) 

of our decision to place the suspension action at Kingdom Provisions, LLC, Establishment 

M53882, located at 5960 Durham Road, Pipersville, Pennsylvania 18947 in abeyance. This 

letter follows verbal notification of the abeyance action, provided by Dr. Chelsea Buckley, 

Deputy Disti·ict Manager (DDM) to Mr. Ken Rush, Establishment Owner at 17 :27 hours on 

Monday, October 23, 2023. 

The decision to institute the abeyance was made in accordance with the Rules of Practice, 

Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations (9 CFR) Pait 500.5 part (e). 

In response to the Notice of Suspension (NOS), you submitted proposed conective actions 

and preventative measures on October 20, 2023. On October 20, 2023, FSIS requested 

clarification on the responses. On the evening of October 20, 2023, you submitted responses 

to the clai·ification request which included con ective actions and program updates. FSIS 

requested fmther clai·ification on the morning and during the day of October 23, 2023. 

Your corrective and preventative measures include but are not limited to: 

1. Training is to be perfo1med by employees, and a roster created to list who will be allowed 

to handle live animals and paiiicipate in slaughter. See list of ti·ained personnel kept on file 

in plant office. 

2. All stunned heads will be checked for placement and will be discarded or used for 

ti·aining only. 

3. When Stunning: 

• A .22 magnum caliber gun will be used on bovines under 1200 pounds. 

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Mr. Ken Rush, Owner Notice of Suspension Held in Abeyance 

Kingdom Provisions, LLC (EST 53882) October 24, 2023 

• A .25 magnum captive bolt will be used on all bovines greater than 1200 pounds, the gender of the 

animal such is a bull and bovines with increased head size to ensure that the animal is rendered 

unconscious on the first attempt. 

• A larger caliber device such as a .25 magnum captive bolt will be readily available and within arm’s 

reach of the operator in the stunning area at all times as a backup. 

4. A security shot will be used during each stunning to ensure that the animal remains effectively stunned and 

does not regain consciousness. 

5. Eye checks to ensure animal is rendered unconscious will be performed prior to coming out of the stun box 

before hanging as well as before the neck is slit outside of ritual slaughter by trained personnel. Personnel 

may also use other methods such as listed in the printed attached document to determine sensibility of the 

animal. 

6. All firearms and ammunition will be removed from the stunning area at the end of each production day and 

kept in management office to prevent any possible alteration in power to ammunition due to moisture 

during the cleaning process. Stunning devices and ammunition will be placed in stunning area at start of 

each production day. Ammunition will be kept in a tightly sealed ammunition box to ensure that while in 

stunning area they remain in a dry secured container. 

7. Personnel trained in performing proper stunning will at their own leisure practice their stunning techniques 

and placement on discarded heads to ensure proper aim and placement is maintained. 

8. Stunning Log Completed on each animal as stunning is used. 

9. Weekly stunning cleaning log will be completed. 

FSIS has carefully reviewed your responses and made the decision to place the NOS in abeyance. FSIS has 

designed a Verification Plan (VP), and Inspection Program Personnel (IPP) will use it to monitor and verify that 

you have effectively implemented your proposed actions. The VP identifies your corrective actions based on 

your responses, the relevant regulatory requirements, the tasks IPP will use to conduct verification activities, and 

the time frames that you identified. IPP will continue to ensure all humane handling/stunning regulatory 

requirements of 9 CFR Part 313 are in regulatory compliance. We have attached a copy of the VP to assist you 

as a reference during the Agency’s verification activities. 

A final decision relative to this enforcement action will be determined based on your establishment’s ability to 

execute and comply with your proffered corrective actions and all applicable regulatory requirements. Your 

establishment’s failure to meet the conditions of this abeyance may result in additional regulatory and/or 

administrative actions in accordance with the Rules of Practice 9 CFR Part 500. 

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Mr. Ken Rush, Owner Notice of Suspension Held in Abeyance 

Kingdom Provisions, LLC (EST 53882) October 24, 2023 

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please feel free to contact Dr. Chelsea Buckley, DDM, via 

electrnnic mail at chelsea.buckley@usda.gov or by telephone at (267) 807-7615. Additionally, you can contact 

the Philadelphia District Office at (800) 637-6681. 

Sincerely, 

CHELSEA Digitally signed by CHELSEA 

BUCKLEY 

BUCKLEY Date: 2023.10.24 11 :45:25 -04'00' 

Mr. Jason Orlando 

Disti·ict Manager 

Enclosure 

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Kingdom Provisions (EST M53882) Verification Plan 

October 24, 2023 

ESTABLISHMENT ACTION PLAN 9 CFR 

REGULATION 

HUMANE 

HANDLING 

VERIFICATION 

CATEGORY 

FREQUENCY 

1. Training is to be perfo1med by employees, 313.2 Categ01y IV - Ante- Prior to resuming 

and a roster created to list who will be 313.15 m01tem Handling slaughter, Each 

allowed to handle live animals and participate 313.16 Categ01y VIII - slaughter day 

in slaughter. See list oftrained personnel kept Stunning effectiveness 

on file in plant office. 

2. All stunned heads will be checked for 313.2 Categ01y IV - Ante- Each head stunning is 

placement and will be discarded or used for 313.15 m01tem Handling pe1fo1med on, each 

training only. 313.16 Categ01y VIII -

Stunning effectiveness 

slaughter day during 

abeyance 

3. When Stunning: 

4. A .22 magnum caliber gun will be used on 

bovines under 1200 pounds 

5. A .25 magnum captive bolt will be used on all 

bovines greater than 1200 pounds, the gender 

of the animal such as a bull and bovines with 

increased head size to ensure that the animal 

is rendered unconscious on the first attempt. 

6. A larger caliber device such as a .25 magnum 

captive bolt will be readily available and 

within arm's reach ofthe operator in the 

stunning area at all times as a backup 

313.15 

313.16 

Categ01y VIII -

Stunning effectiveness 

Each stunning event 

7. A secmity shot will be used dming each 313.15 Categ01y VIII - Each stunning event 

stunning to ensure that the animal remains 

effectively stunned and does not regain 

consciousness 

313.16 Stunning effectiveness 

8. Eye checks to ensure animal is rendered 

unconscious will be perf01med prior to 

coming out ofthe stun box before hanging as 

well as before the neck is slit outside of ritual 

slaughter by trained personnel. Personnel may 

also use other methods such as listed in the 

printed attached document to dete1mine 

sensibility of the animal 

313.15 

313.16 

Categ01y VIII -

Stunning effectiveness 

Each stunning event 

9. All firerums and ammunition will be removed 

from the stunning ru·ea at the end of each 

production day and kept in management 

office to prevent any possible alteration in 

power to ammunition due to moisture during 

the cleaning process. Stunning devices and 

ammunition will be placed in stunning area at 

start ofeach production day. Ammunition 

will be kept in a tightly sealed ammunition 

313.15 

313.16 

Categ01y VIII -

Stunning effectiveness 

Each slaughter day 

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ESTABLISHMENT ACTION PLAN 9 CFR 

REGULATION 

HUMANE 

HANDLING 

VERIFICATION 

CATEGORY 

FREQUENCY 

box to ensure that while in stunning area they 

remain in a chy secured container 

10. Personnel trained in perfomling proper 

stunning will at their own leisure practice 

their stunning techniques and placement on 

discarded heads to ensure proper aim and 

placement is maintained 

313.15 

313.16 

Categ01y VIII -

Stunning effectiveness 

Each slaughter day/as 

needed dming 

abeyance 

11 . Stunning Log Completed 313.15 

313.16 

Categ01y VIII -

Shinning effectiveness 

Eachtimesnmningis 

perfo1med 

12. Weekly stunning cleaning log will be 

completed 

313.15 

313.16 

Categ01y VIII -

Stunning effectiveness 

Weekly 

Humane handling verification every slaughter operation day to verify the adequacy and effectiveness of the 

establishment's compliance with the humane handling regulatory requirements of 9 CFR Part 313. 

*Inspection Program Personnel will ensure all humane handling/stunning regulatory requirements are complying 

daily on each slaughter day, regardless of the stunning method. 

*Inspection Program Personnel will review all monitoring, verification, and corrective action records to verify 

procedures are being conducted as prescribed and at the specified frequency. 

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