The U.S. pork industry faces a new speed limit on hog slaughtering, the result of a court ruling that worker groups welcomed and industry officials warned could disrupt farmers and processing plants.

The largest overhaul of federal hog-slaughtering rules in decades is facing opposition from a union that claims it will put worker and consumer safety at risk. The United Food and Commercial Workers ...

Under new guidelines recently published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, companies that manufacture pork products will soon have more control over how their hogs are sorted and presented to USDA ...

The federal government finalized a new rule for most U.S. pork processing plants Tuesday that allows meatpackers to remove limits on the speed of production lines and place more animal inspection and ...

Current FSIS inspectors have to look at every carcass that goes by. A rule proposal would allow some slaughter facilities to have employees inspect instead, while FSIS employees manage and oversee the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government finalized a new rule for most U.S. pork processing plants Tuesday that allows ...

Officials consider ordinance allowing beef, pork slaughter facilities in Spencer City Limits by Radio Iowa Contributor | Nov 1, 2021 Officials in Spencer are considering a new ordinance that could ...