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Unions Drop Line Speed Waiver Suit As USDA Opens New Trial Program


May 10, 2023 at 06:11 PM
Unions representing workers at poultry slaughterhouses have voluntarily dropped their long-pending suit against the Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the safety impacts of line speed waivers for the sector, apparently in response to the beginning of a new Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) trial that replaced the Trump-era program they challenged.

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