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Citing Safety Fears, Labor Intensifies Fight On Poultry Line Speed Petition


December 12, 2017 at 06:46 PM
Citing safety and other concerns, labor groups are intensifying their opposition to a poultry industry request to roll back Obama-era rules limiting line speeds at processing facilities, renewing legal charges that any regulatory easing would violate Agriculture Department (USDA) rules and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).

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