Source: Dan Flynn, FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 4/7/20


The unions are down to one issue with the USDA about new inspection protocols for market hogs, and it is not food safety. After tossing out challenges to how USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service assigns inspectors, federal Judge Joan N. Ericksen agreed to hear the “line speed” issue. Ericksen essentially dismissed about two-thirds of the lawsuit brought by unions against the U.S. Department of Agriculture but allowed the line speed issue to continue to trial.

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