Source: Dan Flynn, FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 1/27/21


Tom Vilsack is expected to soon be confirmed to again serve as Secretary of Agriculture, but in the meantime, some important decisions are getting made involving swine production line speeds. Earlier this week, the new Biden Administration surrendered faster line speeds for poultry inspection that had been a key element of USDA’s poultry slaughter modernization going back to Vilsack’s last turn as Secretary of Agriculture.

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