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USDA 

United States Department of Agriculture 

Electronically Submitted on Janmuy 24, 2024 

FedEx Tracking: 7749 1456 8311 

January 24, 2024 

Mr. Ephraim Stoltzfus, Establishment Owner 

Kingdom Provisions, LLC (Est. M53882) 

5960 Durham Road 

Pi ersville Pennsylvania 18947 

@gmail.com 

@yahoo.com 

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g omprovisions22@gmail.com 

Phone: (215) 206-2120 

NOTICE OF SUSPENSION Held in Abeyance 

Attention: Mr. Ephraim Stoltzfus, Owner 

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

the suspension action at Kingdom Provisions, Establishment M53882, located at 5960 Durham Road, Pipersville, 

Pennsylvania 18947 in abeyance. 

This letter follows verbal notification of the abeyance action, provided by Mr. Joseph Schein, Deputy Disti·ict 

Manager (DDM) to Ms. Amber Pressley, at approximately 1300 hours on Tuesday, Januaiy 23, 2024. 

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) Part 500.5 pali (e). 

In response to the Notice of Suspension (NOS), you submitted proposed coITective actions and preventative 

measures on January 19, 2024. On Januaiy 22, and 23, 2024 FSIS requested clarification on the responses. On 

January 22, and 23, 2024, you submitted responses to the clar-ification requests which included coITective actions 

and program updates. FSIS personnel held a Teams meeting with Ms. Amber Pressley, Plant Manager, on Janua1y 

23, 2024, to discuss remaining items that need clar-ification. 

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

l. Establishment employees handling animals at Kingdom Provisions will be trained in appropriate 

methods of unloading and moving cattle, sheep, goats, and hogs. Training will consist of Temple 

Grandin documents and will address handling both healthy and disabled livestock. 

*Training log will be signed and available for FSIS IPP review, and kept up to date in case ofstaffing 

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2. Establishment management will send a letter to the livestock delivery company/companies to notify 

them that a member of establishment management must be contacted by phone or text in order to 

schedule delivery of animals. 

3. A trained member of Senior establishment management must be present for unloading of all livestock deliveries 

for a minimum of the next 90 days. Senior management will monitor and record findings of Humane Handling 

Procedures at a frequency of every livestock delivery for the next 90 days. 

-Currently senior management consists of Ms. Amber Pressley and Mr. Brent Pressley 

3A. Kingdom Provisions as a facility will be focusing on the use of proper ramps/footing to be used in the trailers as 

well as making sure that if any animal that is on the truck who has some sort of injury is receiving the proper 

assistance needed during unloading to keep the animal from harm. 

4. Establishment management will place a sign in the livestock unloading area stating that Senior establishment 

management needs to be contacted to schedule delivery of animals, and one of them must be present to unload the 

livestock. Phone numbers will be listed on the sign. 

(This sign may not be in place at the time of resuming operations) 

-Currently this is Ms. Amber Pressley or Mr. Brent Pressley 

5. Senior establishment management will also be monitoring for proper ramps in the trailer that are built in or 

provided specifically for that trailer and are used for access to safely unload animals. If they are not present they 

as a facility will refuse to unload the livestock on that trailer until they return or provide the proper ramps needed 

to ensure the animals safety during the unloading process. 

6. The livestock delivery driver

(b) (6)

 involved in the incident with the sheep will not be the driver for 

any livestock delivered to Kingdom Provisions. 

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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Ifyou have any questions regarding this matter, please feel free to contact Mr. Joseph Schein, DDM, via electronic 

mail at joseph.schein@usda.gov or by telephone at (267) 355-9761. Additionally, you can contact the 

Philadelphia Disti·ict Office at (800) 637-6681. 

Sincerely, 

GEORGE Digitally signed by GEORGE 

SLOBODJIAN 

SLOBODJIAN Date: 2024.01 .24 05:17:59 -05'00' 

Mr. Jason Orlando 

Disti·ict Manager 

Enclosure: FSIS Verification Plan for Kingdom Provisions (Est. M53882) 

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