Opponents say proposed increase in line speeds at chicken plants are ‘recipe for disaster’

The proposals would remove worker safety attestations that fall outside USDA’s statutory authority, according to the USDA.
Agri-Pulse

USDA proposes rules to allow faster pork, poultry processing line speeds

The Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is proposing new rules that would allow faster line speeds at ...
West Central Tribune

Clean Chickens awarded $1M grant for halal processing plant in Willmar

The Happy Halal processing facility project in Willmar, Minnesota, received more than a million dollars in grant money from the USDA for the construction of the plant. Goats raised for halal slaughter ...
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Midwest chicken farmers struggle to feed flocks after sudden closure of Iowa processing plant

CHARLES CITY, Iowa — Dozens of farmers in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin are scrambling to feed their flocks after a struggling organic chicken producer abruptly closed. Pure Prairie Poultry shuttered ...
Kansas City Star

Farm to table: Participants at workshop in Olathe learned how chickens are processed

Erik Hyde, Shyanna Robertson and Ethan Priefert work together to pluck a chicken as Grace Fritz, supervisor of stagecoach operations and agriculture at Mahaffie, watches. Beth Lipoff Special to The ...
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2 million chickens had to be killed without being processed. Hogs could be next

WASHINGTON — Nearly 2 million chickens from farms in Maryland and Delaware had to be killed last week. Poultry industry officials said staffing shortages at processing plants due to the coronavirus, ...