Workers at poultry plants suffer some of the highest rates of occupational injury in the U.S., and advocates worry things ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today proposed updates to the rate by which poultry can speed down automated lines in processing plants, a long sought-after goal by the industry. In an announcement ...
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New Trump rules will make meat processing a lot deadlier

The country’s poultry and swine processing plants, already incredibly dangerous workplaces, are poised to get a green light from the Trump administration to vastly speed up the work. In February, the ...
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. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said ...
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.
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