AMS investigations finds Alwatania Meat Corp. engaged in the business of packer buying livestock in commerce for purposes of slaughter without maintaining an adequate bond or bond equivalent.
USDA reaches a consent decision with Bill Chase and his livestock business Happy Valley Livestock LLC for violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act.
AMS investigation shows that between August 2021 and January 2022, Happy Valley and Bill Chase issued 24 checks in payment for livestock to 21 different livestock sellers that were returned unpaid by the bank.