DES MOINES — A group representing pork producers urged the federal government Tuesday to let them continue an effort to speed up the processing of pigs into bacon and ham despite a union’s claim that ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government finalized a new rule for most U.S. pork processing plants Tuesday that allows meatpackers to remove limits on the speed of production lines and place ...
ST. PAUL — On the slaughterhouse floor at Quality Pork Processors Inc. is an area known as the "head table," but not because it is the place of honor. It is where workers cut up pigs’ heads and then ...
June has brought the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) updated Guideline for Controlling Salmonella in Swine Slaughter and Pork ...