Source: Kimberly Kindy, MSN, 5/27/21

The Biden administration said this week that it would comply with a March court ruling that found the Trump administration acted unlawfully in 2019 when it eliminated limits on pork plant line speeds without considering the increased risk of injury to workers. The federal district court ruling said that the Department of Agriculture acted “arbitrarily and capriciously” when it did not evaluate the impact of escalating line speeds on workers who cut carcasses into ham, chops and other parts.

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