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

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...