September 17, 2026

USDA Awards New Poultry Line-Speed Waivers, Opening Door To Litigation


April 7, 2023 at 04:36 PM
The Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued modified waivers of statutory line speed limits for all 10 poultry processing facilities that were at the center of unions’ lawsuit over a Trump-era waiver program, opening the door for that suit to potentially resume after a stay of over a year.

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