Animal rights advocates say the new regulatory regime requires private slaughterhouse employees to make decisions about which pigs should be slaughtered, both before and in place of federal USDA ...

Critics fear that increasing the speed at which animals are slaughtered could lead to less safe food and less safe conditions for workers.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is rolling out new rules that would require fewer federal inspections of pig slaughterhouses. USDA is changing the rules so that instead of ...

The Meat Institute has backed USDA FSIS proposed rule changes that would allow pork and poultry processors to increase line ...

Nowadays consumers are more willing to pay extra for a rack of ribs if it's produced nearby. A local bone-in ribeye, on average, costs about $1 more than a conventional steak. A pound of local sliced ...

Washington — Trump’s Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued proposed rules to gut slaughterhouse line speed regulations at poultry and pork processing facilities. If finalized, the poultry rule ...

Marin Sun Farms has obtained federal approval to take over the Rancho Feeding Corp. slaughterhouse in Petaluma and plans to reopen the shuttered facility early next month. The U.S. Department of ...