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Raw Story
August 19, 2020
By Sarah K. Burris
"The past several weeks have brought stories of seniors and veterans not getting their prescriptions because of the U.S. Postal Services slowdown by the Trump administration. Small businesses are now suffering as shipments are delayed and now farmers are facing problems.
The Portland Press Herald reported Wednesday that a Maine farmer went to the post office to pick up 800 baby chicks that he had ordered for his family farm, Pine Tree Poultry. Theyve been processing cage-free chicken meat for years, and for the first time, the baby chicks were all dead.
Weve never had a problem like this before, said Pauline Henderson. This isnt her first order, but its certainly the first to end like this. Usually they arrive every three weeks like clockwork. And out of 100 birds, you may have one or two that die in shipping.
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She isnt the only one with the problem, either; any birds that went through the Postal Services processing center in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, died, impacting farms in Maine and New Hampshire."
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/baby-chicks-arrive-as-maine-farmers-wonder-why-formerly-reliable-usps-shipments-arent-working/
Thank you, Susan Collins.
malaise
(268,713 posts)Expose Susan Collins
questionseverything
(9,645 posts)I called my worthless congresscritter Rodney Davis office today...asked him what in the world he is thinking by destroying the post office and mail delivery...explained (on the answering machine) that people with businesses (people who actually work) rely on the post office to deliver mail in a timely manner...many legal documents that construction requires can't be "downloaded" or e-mailed, they have to be physical paper
I was so angry and that was before I knew they are murdering chicks
malaise
(268,713 posts)This monster went after Good Year today.
hlthe2b
(102,133 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)cayugafalls
(5,639 posts)There used to be a special handling of live animals by the USPS in order to expedite the delivery of live chicks and other live animals.
Now there are reports of that system failing all over the US, this can't be just part of the dismantling of sorting machines or lack of overtime, it has to go deeper into removing the special handling of live animals.
DeJoy is now destroying businesses that have relied on this method for DECADES, to get stock.
I hope he burns in hell for his crimes against the USPS and our country.
Wicked Blue
(5,819 posts)C.O.D.
cayugafalls
(5,639 posts)A few boxes of smelly poultry would be a nice piece of evidence.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)👍
cayugafalls
(5,639 posts)And only ship to customers that can get the live animals in time, <= 3 days. This has been worked out over decades of dealing with the USPS. There is a statute on this at the USPS that has been followed all this time. According to 526.33 below, the USPS will be responsible for the deaths of these chicks, if they can prove that they followed all the proper procedures. I can guarantee that they did follow the procedures as this has been going on for decades now.
526.3 Live, DayOld Poultry
526.31 General
The following live, dayold animals are acceptable for mailing when properly packaged: chickens, ducks, emus, geese, guinea birds, partridges, pheasants (only during April through August), quail, and turkeys. All other types of live, dayold poultry are nonmailable. Dayold poultry vaccinated with Newcastle disease (live virus) also is nonmailable.
526.32 Mailability Requirements
The specific types of day-old poultry named in 526.31 are mailable subject to the following requirements:
Poultry that is not more than 24 hours old and is presented for mailing in the original, unopened hatchery box from the hatchery of origin.
The date and hour of hatching is noted on the box by a representative of the hatchery who has personal knowledge thereof. (For Collect on Delivery (COD) shipments made by a hatchery for the account of others, the name or initials and address of the hatchery or the Post Office box number and address of the hatchery must be prominently shown for this standard.)
Box is properly ventilated, of proper construction and strength to bear safe transport in the mail, and is not stacked more than 10 units high.
Dayold poultry is mailed early enough in the week to avoid receipt at the office of address (in case of missed connections) on a Sunday, a national holiday, or the afternoon before a Sunday or national holiday.
Dayold poultry can be delivered to the addressee within 72 hours of the time of hatching.
Day-old poultry sent via surface transportation, must include special handling service fees, in addition to regular postage.
Day-old poultry sent via air transportation must meet all provisions of the airlines. Delivery of the mailpiece is dependent on the availability of air carriers having available equipment to safely deliver the dayold poultry within the specified time limit.
Dayold poultry that is first shipped via a commercial air express or air cargo service and then presented for mailing to a final destination must be in good condition and properly packaged as specified in 526.32a-e.
Boxes of dayold poultry of about identical size, securely fastened together to prevent separation in transit, may be accepted for mailing as a single parcel, provided the total length and girth combined does not exceed Postal Service limits.
See Exhibit 526.33, Requirements for Mailing Live, DayOld Poultry. See Chapter 7 regarding domestic mail shipments sent via air transportation.
526.33 Claims for Live, DayOld Poultry
Indemnity claims (see DMM 609) for damage, partial loss, and loss of insured shipments of mailable, live, dayold poultry are accepted only in the following situations:
Death of the live, dayold poultry resulted from Postal Service handling after conditions for mailability were met and when there was strong likelihood that the shipment could have been safely transported.
Contents were lost because of damage to the container while in Postal Service custody.
The complete package was lost in the mail.
Special handling was purchased as required under 526.32f.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)malaise
(268,713 posts)He's there to feather his nest
cayugafalls
(5,639 posts)He is purely a businessman and not a service oriented person.
That is why he can't fathom what the USPS is and why it is so important to our country.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)machines had anytime to do with it unless they are running baby chicks through flat mail machines.
ck4829
(35,038 posts)MiniMe
(21,709 posts)They told me it could be up to 12 days, but it showed up today. I figure I was lucky this time, not sure it would happen like that again.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)oasis
(49,330 posts)Blue Owl
(50,271 posts)n/t