Slower line speeds are now the rule at six pork processing plants under the new Swine Inspection System after a federal court ruling earlier this year ordered packing plants to operate at slower line ...

As World Pork Expo enters its second day in Des Moines, Iowa, a policy priority for the pork industry continues to be the issue of line speeds at pork plants. And just this week, Agriculture Secretary ...

The pork industry is awaiting action by USDA ahead of Nov. 30 on whether processing plants can move to the faster line speeds that a few facilities have been allowed to use in a time-limited trial.

The nation's top agriculture official sought to refute concerns of House Republicans Thursday over whether or not the Biden administration was taking enough steps to allow the country's pork ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday finalized a new rule reducing the number of food safety inspectors in pork slaughter plants and eliminating limits on line speeds, sparking warnings that ...

WASHINGTON – A group of 70 congressional lawmakers, led by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Representatives Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD), penned a letter recently that urged the ...

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Monday it plans to permanently allow U.S. poultry and pork processing plants to operate more quickly, raising concerns among advocacy ...

USDA has announced pork processing plants operating under the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System should prepare to revert to a maximum line speed of 1,106 head per hour on June 30. USDA’s action is ...

The Biden administration will not fight a federal court ruling that prevents U.S. pork processing plants from speeding up their production lines, saying the government failed to properly consider ...

CHICAGO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday that nine pork plants can apply to operate faster processing-line speeds under a one-year trial, after a federal judge ...

CHICAGO, March 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) allowed three pork plants to increase processing line speeds this month as part of a trial program, reviving a policy that ...