Chicken industry, lawmakers ask for faster line speeds at processing plants
Republican lawmakers and the chicken industry “are aggressively lobbying to speed up” inspection lines, now limited to 140 birds per minute, at poultry slaughter and processing plants, says NBC News. The trade group National Chicken Council has petitioned USDA to allow plants participating in a new inspection system to operate “at any line speed” they… » Read More
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