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Judge Backs Worker Safety Challenge To USDA Slaughterhouse Policy


April 2, 2020 at 04:58 PM
A federal district judge says in a new order that the Department of Agriculture (USDA) appears to have “engaged in arbitrary decision-making” by not addressing worker safety concerns in its rule revising swine slaughterhouse line speeds, allowing worker advocates to proceed with their challenge to the policy.

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