Items Tagged with 'pork processing'

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service will allow up to nine pork plants to operate at faster line speeds in a year-long trial so long as they implement worker safety measures.

The federal district court ruling that struck down the pork harvest facility line speed increase allowed under USDA’s New Swine Inspection System will lead to increased market concentration, according to the National Pork Producers Council.

Nebraska-based pork processor Wholestone Farms announced Monday that the company will be expanding into South Dakota with plans to build a $500 million pork harvest and processing facility.

The leader of the House Agriculture Committee says he wants to see more money go into USDA’s Commodity Credit Corp., but he’s willing to oppose a funding increase without conditions giving Congress more authority over how the money is spent.