President Biden has halted an effort by the Trump administration to increase line speeds in poultry plants across the United States. The IUF reported recently that COVID-19 infections were more prevalent in poultry plants that had been authorized to allow faster lines speeds of 175 birds a minute Faster lines [...]
The Biden administration has withdrawn a proposed rule that would have allowed poultry plants to increase line speeds to 175 birds per minute from 140 birds per minute, an increase of 25%. "The line speed rule is one of several rules and regulations that fall under the regulatory freeze memo issued last [...]
The Trump administration allowed 15 poultry plants to increase slaughter line speeds during the pandemic, an action that boosts production and makes it more difficult for workers to maintain space between one another. It also appears to have hastened the spread of the coronavirus. Now the outgoing administration is rushing [...]