USDA approves horse slaughterhouse to produce meat for human consumption
Under the Obama administration, horse slaughterhouses became legal again. - The next burger you bite into might be a horsemeat burger, thanks to the U.S. government approving horse slaughterhouses to produce meat for human consumption. Valley Meat Co in Roswell, New Mexico, is being green-lighted by the USDA, which will routinely send inspectors to make sure it is slaughtering horses and processing horse meat in a “clean” way. Additional horse meat plants are expected to be approved by the USDA in Missouri and Iowa.