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USDA Faces Likely Suits Over Plan To Expand Poultry Line-Speed Waivers


October 1, 2018 at 05:26 PM
Labor and food safety groups are warning they will sue the Trump administration if it allows additional poultry processing plants to qualify for waivers from its line-speed inspection rules under a newly announced plan to expand the existing waiver program, in part over concerns that the waivers will increase workplace safety risks.

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