However, pork producers in states like Minnesota and Nebraska, who deliver to the six processing plants affected by the ruling, are seeing processing speeds slow down as much as 25%.

Meat processing is fundamentally associated with risks that pose challenges to food processors in terms of the quality and safety of products. Avoiding the chance of foreign object contamination is a ...

SANDUSKY - A Sandusky pork processing facility exposed workers to a release of ammonia gas, leading the U.S. Department of Labor to open two inspections and issue 43 violations of federal ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The union representing workers at pork processing plants sued the federal government on Monday to challenge a new rule that allows companies to set line speeds and turn ...

A federal judge on Friday upheld a USDA program for pork processing plants that gives employees more of a role in the inspection process. In rejecting arguments by the plaintiffs, including Center ...

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 […] ...

The Ekiti State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) has trained butchers, meat processors on modern slaughtering procedures and standards. The participants selected from ...