New USDA Rules Could Speed Up Slaughter Lines, But At What Cost to Animals?

The United Food and Commercial Workers Union and the public submitted more than 42,000 comments opposing proposed rule changes for meat plants.

UFCW members and the public submitted over 42,000 comments urging USDA to drop proposed poultry and pork line speed increases ...

Colusa Industrial Properties is currently developing a CDFA and USDA-certified meat processing facility for cattle, swine, sheep, and goats at the Colusa Industrial Park located at 50 Sunrise Blvd.

The USDA has awarded $2 million to two processors in Maryland and Illinois to expand capacity for processing invasive, ...

Animal rights advocates claimed the new regulatory regime tasks private slaughterhouse employees with decisions about which ...

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 ...

Layoffs are underway at the Vermont Packinghouse, a meat processing facility in North Springfield, and one of just a handful ...