The Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is proposing new rules that would allow faster line speeds at ...

The proposals would remove worker safety attestations that fall outside USDA’s statutory authority, according to the USDA.

Agriculture secretary says proposed changes will remove bottlenecks, lower production costs and create a more stable food ...

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.

Trump’s Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued proposed rules to gut slaughterhouse line speed regulations at poultry and pork processing facilities. If finalized, the poultry rule would allow ...

The USDA's proposed changes to poultry and pork processing line speeds could reshape Minnesota's economy, impacting major employers in towns like Willmar and Austin.

Magaly Licolli of Venceremos said sped up processing lines could not only make things more dangerous for the workers, but consumers as well.

Data released on January 10 from a USDA report, Poultry Processing Line Speed Evaluation Study (PULSE), found that 81% of workers were at increased risk of musculoskeletal disorders across all ...

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 ...