WASHINGTON – Labor unions and federal lawmakers are pushing back against federal rules that give processors the option of raising meat processing line speeds. On July 28, the United Food and ...
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 ...
Workers on evisceration lines at poultry and swine plants are at increased risk for musculoskeletal disorders, studies released by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service conclude. But neither ...
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – The Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery filed a formal petition Tuesday requesting the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and U.S. Department of ...
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 ...
With workers sick and workforces depleted, two Mississippi poultry plants have permission to ratchet up processing line speeds to increase production during the pandemic — at the risk, union leaders ...
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 ...
Nearly 1 million chickens and turkeys are unintentionally boiled alive each year in U.S. slaughterhouses, often because fast-moving lines fail to kill the birds before they are dropped into scalding ...
After serving five years in the Navy, Tyler Dunn has returned home to Hickman, Ken. These days, if he isn't at work at the local liquor store or completing assignments for a business degree, you might ...
Chicken lovers, try to wrap your mind around this nugget: In Georgia, the Poultry Capital of the Universe, there is no practical way for a small-scale independent poultry grower to process birds for ...
[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] Sajoo Oyang announced on the 26th that it held a board meeting on the 25th and approved and finalized the plan to expand the poultry processing production line at ...
CalMaine Foods, Inc. CALM announced a definitive agreement to acquire a broiler processing plant, hatchery and feed mill in Dexter, MO, from Tyson Foods, Inc. TSN. This move is in sync with CALM's ...