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 ...

The pork industry is awaiting action by USDA ahead of Nov. 30 on whether processing plants can move to the faster line speeds that a few facilities have been allowed to use in a time-limited trial.

As the pork and poultry industries cheer deregulation that will let them permanently increase the speed of production lines at slaughterhouses, workers say they’re already moving too fast. “We don’t ...

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 ...

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 ...

Manufacturers that deliver specialized, turnkey solutions for critical processing stages are becoming strategic partners. The ...

CNN — Days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at keeping meat-processing facilities open amid the coronavirus pandemic, plants across the country are scrambling to balance ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced is has invested more than $43 million in meat and poultry processing research, innovation and expansion in an effort to transform the food system at ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday finalized a new rule reducing the number of food safety inspectors in pork slaughter plants and eliminating limits on line speeds, sparking warnings that ...

HATFIELD, Pa. (WHTM) — The Clemons Food Group recently confirmed that it is investing approximately $130 million towards renovating and expanding its pork processing plant in Montgomery County, ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - It’s no surprise to those who have spent their entire lives in the “beef state” that Nebraska leads the nation in veal and beef exports, as well as commercial cattle slaughter.

MINNEAPOLIS — Since large packing plants shut down during the height of the pandemic, a broad array of partners have been working to build a more distributed and resilient system for meat processing ...