FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The USDA is considering a proposal that would raise the maximum speed limit for chicken processing lines from 140 birds per minute to 175. On paper, the USDA’s proposal to speed ...

Agriculture secretary says proposed changes will remove bottlenecks, lower production costs and create a more stable food ...

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 ...

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 ...

Updated regulations for poultry and pork processors would alleviate processing bottlenecks and lower production costs.

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 ...

Serious injuries from working in poultry processing plants have decreased in the past 10 years, but workers are still at a high risk for musculoskeletal disorders from repetitive motions. A U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers at Triumph Foods pork processing facility are pictured on April 28, 2017. The facility houses 2,800 employees in St.