CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Monday it plans to permanently allow U.S. poultry and pork processing plants to operate more quickly, raising concerns among advocacy ...

More than 80% of poultry slaughterhouse workers and half of hog processing employees testing faster line speeds are at high risk of developing chronic conditions like arthritis and carpal tunnel ...

January 13, 2025 – USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service released the results of a pair of third-party studies commissioned in 2022 to evaluate the impact of faster line speeds at poultry and pork ...

USDA has decided to extend a series of trial projects testing higher line speeds in six pork processing plants. USDA initiated the trials after a federal court blocked the higher speeds from being a ...

Union workers at the JBS pork processing plant in Worthington this week ratified a new contract, which they say addresses critical safety concerns on the production line. The employees, represented by ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday said it will extend for up to 90 days a trial program that allows six U.S. pork plants to operate faster processing-line ...

Smithfield Farmland is introducing PRIME, a premium, All Natural Fresh Pork line that raises the bar for fresh pork under both their Smithfield and Farmland brands. The primary goal of the PRIME ...