USDA probes animal abuse video at Hormel pork supplier QPP
November 11, 2015 at 21:25 PM EST
CHICAGO, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department is reviewing the authenticity of a video that allegedly shows animals being beaten and feces-covered pigs at a hog slaughterhouse that supplies SPAM-maker Hormel Foods, and plans to investigate if the video proves to be real, the agency said on Wednesday.