Faced with ongoing financial pressure, shoppers are balancing value, quality, and convenience rather than stepping away from ...

The USDA will need time to review the tens of thousands of comments submitted, but the United Food and Commercial Workers ...

A third-party study at six plants concluded that line speeds were not determined to be the leading factor in worker ...

In 2021, FSIS permitted increased line speeds at six pork processing plants while collecting data to evaluate the impact of ...

Data released on January 10 from a USDA report, Poultry Processing Line Speed Evaluation Study (PULSE), found that 81% of workers were at increased risk of musculoskeletal disorders across all ...

The USDA’s proposals would update processing requirements for poultry and pork establishments operating under modern ...

President Joe Biden rejected a proposal that would have ramped up production at U.S. poultry plants by 25%. The executive action puts a stop to the poultry processing speed increase rule that the ...

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Serious injuries from working in poultry processing plants have decreased in the past 10 years, but workers are still at a high risk for musculoskeletal disorders from repetitive motions. A U.S.

What started out as a response to labor shortages in poultry processing plants during the COVID-19 pandemic has turned into a robotics system that can learn by imitating human movements to handle ...

Food processing and aviation equipment manufacturer JBT Marel (NYSE:JBTM) reported Q1 CY2026 results , with sales up 9.6% ...

Researchers have assessed the impact of processing on the presence and transfer of antimicrobial resistant bacteria on chicken meat. Findings showed that while Campylobacter and E. coli were present ...