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. Under proposed rules released ...

Four years after the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota struck down USDA’s rule eliminating line speed limits in pork and poultry plants, Republican Rep. Brad Finstad has introduced ...

Researchers have assessed the impact of processing on the presence and transfer of antimicrobial resistant bacteria on chicken meat. Findings showed that while Campylobacter and E. coli were present ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued two proposed rules that would increase allowable line speeds in poultry and swine slaughter operations. The ...

OMAHA (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Monday announced USDA will extend waivers to allow faster line speeds at pork and poultry industry, describing the actions as efforts to reduce ...

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 ...

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.

WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Making the case Americans need more affordable protein in their diets, USDA on Tuesday again proposed to increase line speeds at the country's pork and poultry plants. Line speeds ...