With line speeds and repetitive motions, employee safety concerns about poultry processing have taken place alongside food safety for the same businesses. It’s why a new report about those on-the-job ...
New Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidance goes beyond poultry barns to cover all animal slaughtering and processing facilities. Previous OSHA guidance only applied to poultry ...
Washington, DC—The US Department of Agriculture continues to allow birds to be mutilated by machinery, slammed against walls, and buried alive in slaughterhouses without holding the industry ...
Workers on evisceration lines at poultry and swine plants are at increased risk for musculoskeletal disorders, studies released by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service conclude. But neither ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed new regulations on Monday to limit salmonella in raw poultry products. The move is designed to prevent contaminated meat from reaching store shelves ...
Robotics, virtual reality and artificial intelligence could be game changers for poultry processors following promising results in research to integrate those technologies, according to Jeyam Subbiah, ...
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) is withdrawing its proposed rule and determination titled “Salmonella Framework for Raw Poultry Products,” published on Aug. 7, 2024, to further ...
A 16-year-old boy died on Friday while operating equipment at a poultry plant in Mississippi, officials said. The incident happened at the Mar-Jac Poultry processing plant in Hattiesburg, a city ...