The Meat Institute has backed USDA FSIS proposed rule changes that would allow pork and poultry processors to increase line ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing to amend its regulations to allow poultry and pork processing plants to operate at higher line speeds. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said ...