Source: Dan Flynn, FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 6/3/21


It looks like the line-speed issue involving market hogs is going down the Big River for a decision by the Eighth U.S. Circuit  Court of Appeals in St. Louis with or without USDA’s help. On April 1,  2021, a federal judge in St. Paul ruled that the USDA violated the federal Administrative Procedures Act (APA) by failing to consider if higher line speeds would harm workers.

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