The dismissed federal case of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) v. Sonny Perdue is returning. The U.S. District Court for Northern California has scheduled a case management conference ...

A U.S. District Court judge for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, dismissed a lawsuit filed four years ago against the USDA regarding its decision to increase line speeds at ...

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Workers on evisceration lines at poultry and swine plants are at increased risk for musculoskeletal disorders, studies released by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service conclude. But neither ...

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service’s new criteria, announced last week, for allowing young chicken slaughter plants to increase their line speeds from 140 birds per minute to 175 bpm are likely ...

To get a “speed waiver” to run an “evisceration line” at up to 175 birds per minute, rather than the current 140 bpm, is going to require poultry businesses to jump through a few more hoops at USDA’s ...

Chicken production line speeds have been contentious within the poultry industry for years, affecting everything from the amount of meat processed per shift to tensions over workers’ health. The U.S.

Coronavirus cases are rising, but the Trump administration is making its last push to allow chicken slaughterhouses to speed up production lines, something seen as a potential threat to social ...

More than 30 groups and individuals representing consumer, labor and public health interests urged the U.S. Agriculture Department to withdraw its proposal to alter its poultry inspection process.

After serving five years in the Navy, Tyler Dunn has returned home to Hickman, Ken. These days, if he isn't at work at the local liquor store or completing assignments for a business degree, you might ...

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Washington, D.C. – On Friday the USDA announced that it had withdrawn a proposed rule from the Trump administration that would have rolled back line-speed standards at poultry plants to allow for ...