New Jersey Meat Packer Ordered To Pay $20,000 Penalty
WASHINGTON - An ad- cows for slaughter in New Jersey, hearing in Newark on Dec. 34,
ministrative law judge has ordered Delaware, Pennsylvania, New 1985.
Unden Packing Co., Inc., Newark, York and Maryland. Employees from USDA’s
N.J-. to pay a $20,000 civil penalty Administrative Law Judge Packers and Stockyards Ad
after finding that the firm used Victor W. Palmer, U.S. Depart- ministration testified that three
incorrect tare settings on its ment of Agriculture, ordered the separate investigations showed the
buying scale for penalty, plus a cease and desist firm was deducting a 20-pound tare
casses and paid sellers on the basis order, based on testimony at a on its buying scale, although the
of false weights. The firm buys average weight of its hooks and
12 States Represented at ACA National Bull Sale
PLATTE CITY, MO Buyers at
the second ACA National Bull Test
Sale in Potwin, Kansas May 17
were putting their money down for
performance.
Thirty-four performance tested
bulls sold bringing a total of $39,945
and an average of $1,174. The bulls
were categorized by their test
performance as either gold, silver
or bronze gainers. The top 12
performance bulls sold for $18,950
with an average of $1,579. No bulls
in the top category sold for less
than $l,OOO. The middld*ll per
formance bulls, silver gainers,
averaged $1,255 with individual
sale prices ranging between $BOO
and $2,600. The bronze gainer
group had an average on 11 bulls of
$654 with the top-selling bull from
this group selling for $825.
Black bulls held only a slight
preference over white bulls with 18
black bulls averaging $1,231, a $ll9
advantage over the 16 white bulls
at an average of $1,112.
Alamo Farms at Oaks, North
Dakota purchased the top-selling
bull of the day, lot 14-41/Blue Sky
Sugar Daddy 35T, for $3,050. Also,
volume buyer, Alamo Farms spent
a total of $7,500 on four gold
gaining bulls including the third
high indexing bull, Bar-T Royal
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the bull sold for $1,625
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rollers was 14 pounds, 11 ounces.
They testified that a plant officer
said the additional five pounds
were being deducted to com
pensate for water on the carcasses,
that he was advised this was an
illegal practice, and that he
promised to stop.
Judge Palmer said the evidence
showed, however, that the plant
continued the practice, and that
from Sept. 27, 1983, through Dec.
29, 1983, it paid a single livestock
seller $6,751 less than he should
have received, based on the extra
five pounds deducted from 1,701
30 YEARS AGO
-Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra
Taft Benson, Tuesday issued the
following statement with regard to
enactment of the new farm bill.
“The agricultural act of 1956 was
signed today by President
Eisenhower. This legislation can
help farmers by reducing our farm
surplus and conserving our soil
and water resources. 1 am glad the
President signed the bill.”
-Recording a top of $5OO in the
cow division, the 92nd Keystone
Holstein Sale at the Keystone Sales
Bam, Mount Joy, totaled $8,313 on
30 individuals Saturday averaging
$277.
-Robert Kreider, son of Mr. &
Mrs. A. Clyde Kreider, R 1
Quarryville, last week was named
president of the Lancaster County
4-H Agricultural Council. Mr.
Kreider succeeds Walter
Augsberger of RDI Reinholds.
-Last weekend was sweet potato
planting time at the farm of Paul
Barley, R 1 Millersville. He is
planting 3M> acres of sweet
potatoes this year.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 31,1986-C5
livestock carcasses.
Judge Palmer said the $20,000
civil penalty was warranted by
Linden Packing’s willful violations
after it persisted in adding five
pounds to the tare after receiving
express official warnings, and
promising to stop the practice.
Judge Palmer said the penalty
will not affect the firm’s ability to
continue in business.
The cease and desist order,
similar to a permanent injunction,
was issued to insure future com
pliance with the Packers and
' Stockyards (P&S) Act.
THIS WEEK
-Dairy month in America’s dairy
land will get off to a spectacular
start when more than 2,000 of the
nation’s top dairymen get together
at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 6
and 7 for the 71st Annual Con
vention of the Holstein Freschian
Association of America.
-Although many Lancaster
County tomato producers reported
extensive losses in their plantings
through unseasonal frosts late last
week, most have been replanted
and there will be more of a time
loss than an acreage loss, the
County Agricultural Agents Office
Advises today.
-Ground was broken Thursday
afternoon for construction of the
new Lancaster Poultry Center.
Construction will get underway
immediately and continue to
support to raise the necessary
$30,000 is urged. Volunteer labor
will be used as extensively as
possible in construction of the new
building at the intersection of
Roseville Road and Bypass 230
north of Lancaster.