# FSIS Humane Handling Enforcement Letters

> FSIS Humane Handling Enforcement Letters is a paid API for AI agents from ticks.bnm.farm, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-20).

Returns USDA FSIS humane handling enforcement letters and notices as structured JSON, including suspension and reinstatement notices for meat processing establishments.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://ticks.bnm.farm/fsis-humane?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-20
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fsis-humane-handling-enforcement-letters-0b0f8995
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_NLBkqOkyhKJqCt7mPjQ7R

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability fsis-humane-handling-enforcement-letters-0b0f8995
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest USDA FSIS humane handling enforcement letters — I want to see which meat processing establishments have received suspension or reinstatement notices and the full text of each letter.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured, machine-readable access to USDA FSIS humane handling enforcement letters without scraping the FSIS website yourself. Ideal for compliance monitoring, food industry research, animal welfare tracking, or regulatory intelligence workflows that need the full letter bodies alongside metadata. Prefer this over manual FSIS website queries when you need JSON output with consistent schema.

## Known failure modes

- HTTP 402 if payment not provided — requires x402 micropayment of $0.05 USDC
- Upstream FSIS source unavailable may result in stale or empty records
- Network timeout if FSIS website is slow to respond
- Empty records array if no enforcement letters currently published by FSIS

## How this service works

Official public data as JSON. Unpaid paid routes return HTTP 402.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing: a boolean success flag, product identifier ('fsis-humane-letter-bodies'), timestamp of when data was fetched, the as-of date, source URL, total record count, an array of records (each with id, url, date, firm name, and type), and an array of cards (each with id, title, body text, date, establishment number, source URL, letter type, and institution name).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "headers": {
     "type": "object",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "string"
     }
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "string"
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "schema": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "schema": {
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
   "ok",
   "product",
   "status",
   "fetchedAt",
   "asOf",
   "source",
   "recordCount",
   "records",
   "cards"
  ],
  "properties": {
   "ok": {
    "type": "boolean"
   },
   "asOf": {
    "type": "string"
   },
   "cards": {
    "type": "array",
    "items": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   },
   "source": {
    "type": "string"
   },
   "status": {
    "type": "string"
   },
   "product": {
    "type": "string"
   },
   "records": {
    "type": "array",
    "items": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   },
   "fetchedAt": {
    "type": "string"
   },
   "recordCount": {
    "type": "integer"
   }
  }
 },
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "asOf": "2026-09-01",
  "cards": [
   {
    "id": "7420mv-noros-04252024",
    "body": "NOTICE OF REINSTATEMENT OF SUSPENSION. FSIS Inspection Program Personnel of the reinstatement of suspension.",
    "date": "2024-04-25",
    "title": "Notice of Reinstatement of Suspension",
    "estNumber": "7420MV",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media_file/documents/7420MV-NOROS-04252024.pdf",
    "letterType": "NOROS",
    "institution": "Honest Meats, LLC"
   }
  ],
  "source": "https://www.fsis.usda.gov/inspection/regulatory-enforcement/humane-handling-enforcement",
  "status": "ok",
  "product": "fsis-humane-letter-bodies",
  "records": [
   {
    "id": "7420mv-noros-04252024",
    "url": "https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media_file/documents/7420MV-NOROS-04252024.pdf",
    "date": "2024-04-25",
    "firm": "Honest Meats, LLC",
    "type": "fsis-humane"
   }
  ],
  "fetchedAt": "2026-09-04T00:00:00.000Z",
  "recordCount": 1
 }
}
```

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