USDA regulations require inspectors to take photographs or videos to document serious and repeated violations, the agency refused to even confirm photos exist.
SANDI DOUGHTON: ‘Federal inspectors last month found several goats and sheep that had difficulty walking and overgrown hooves at a Redmond research facility previously cited for serious problems in 2016. Pi Bioscientific… uses the animals as living factories to produce antibodies for kits that test for the presence of food allergens… The 2016 inspection found dirty, unsafe conditions at the facilities and noted many of the animals suffered from “numerous medical ailments and severe health issues.”
The animal-welfare group Stop Animal Exploitation Now, or SAEN, which monitors the care of research animals across the country, said Pi Bioscientific had more animal-welfare violations over the past two years than any other research facility in Washington. SAEN asked the USDA to impose the maximum fine of $10,000 per infraction.
The company’s inspection records are the subject of a Freedom of Information Act dispute between USDA and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA. Though USDA regulations require inspectors to take photographs or videos to document serious and repeated violations, the agency refused to even confirm photos exist from Pi Bioscientific’. SOURCE…
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