There are many arguments, pro and con, about efforts of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to renovate its meat processing inspection process. In my last ...

The key to understanding the complexities in the debate over the line speed issue for poultry production is to recognize that there is a distinct difference between the line speed for slaughter and ...

Workers at poultry plants suffer some of the highest rates of occupational injury in the U.S. and advocates worry things could get worse. Chickens travel down a conveyor belt from the chiller and are ...

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 ...

President Joe Biden rejected a proposal that would have ramped up production at U.S. poultry plants by 25%. The executive action puts a stop to the poultry processing speed increase rule that the ...

Serious injuries from working in poultry processing plants have decreased in the past 10 years, but workers are still at a high risk for musculoskeletal disorders from repetitive motions. A U.S.

The Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is proposing new rules that would allow faster line speeds at pork and poultry processing facilities. This week's Open Mic guest is ...