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 ...

The pork industry is awaiting action by USDA ahead of Nov. 30 on whether processing plants can move to the faster line speeds that a few facilities have been allowed to use in a time-limited trial.

Swine processing facilities operating under a trial of increased line speeds will have an additional 90 days to run at the faster limits as USDA continues to collect and submit data on the impact to ...