The Trump administration is working to finalize a rule that would allow poultry plants to increase slaughter speeds, an action that correlates with an increase in coronavirus infections, according to ...

Many chicken slaughterhouses nationwide can kill up to 140 birds per minute, more than two per second, which means workers moving too slowly might lose their job — or a hand. The injury rate for ...

During the modernization era for meat and poultry, how fast carcasses are moved across the slaughter floor is an issue that’s created controversies involving both food safety and worker safety. Line ...

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 ...

Since then, the USDA has received more than 100,000 public comments. This week, the department's Food Safety Inspection Service turned the petition down. "This is a direct rebuke of the poultry ...