Washington ( CNN ) -- A California slaughterhouse closed after an animal rights group released a video of workers there apparently mistreating animals has been allowed to reopen , U.S. regulators said on Monday . The Agriculture Department said that inspections at Central Valley Meat Co of Hanford continue but the plant has made changes and can resume operations . `` As of this morning , CVM will be allowed to resume processing , '' Aaron Lavalle , a spokesman for the agency 's Food Safety and Inspection Service , said in a statement . Lavalle said regulators had concluded an evaluation of an `` extensive corrective action plan '' formulated to address `` recent humane handling violations . '' Jane Velez-Mitchell : Slaughterhouse video shows USDA needs to clean up its act . The slaughterhouse was closed on August 19 after an activist working with the group Compassion Over Killing recorded a video purportedly of cattle at the company being repeatedly shot with a bolt gun . Other cattle are seen being prodded to force them to stand up and some are seen hanging from a hind leg while apparently alive . The Agriculture Department told CNN in a statement last week that some of the footage showed `` unacceptable treatment of cattle , '' but did not show `` anything that would compromise food safety . '' Lavalle said on Monday that the company has `` committed to a number of corrective actions , including additional humane handling training for employees and safeguards to ensure that only ambulatory animals are processed . '' Central Valley Meats has been a major supplier for Agriculture Department programs , providing 21 million pounds of beef in 2011 , or nearly 16 percent of the supply . Meat purchased by the agency goes to several programs , including school lunches . The Agriculture Department said its purchases from the company remain suspended until more reviews are completed . Three California congressmen , Devin Nunes , Jeff Denham and Kevin McCarthy , called on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reopen the plant . They said its closure would cause `` enormous economic stress in a community with double-digit unemployment . ''
The U.S. Agriculture Department said that Valley Meat Co. in Califoirnia can resume production . Animal health reports showed unacceptable treatment of cattle but no food safety violations- USDA . It has agreed to corrective steps , including additional training on humane treatment of animals .