Representatives of the local poultry industry are lauding an effort by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to run production lines at chicken slaughterhouses faster and with fewer federal inspectors. Food safety advocates and poultry plant workers aren’t nearly as happy with the proposal, according to reports by The Associated Press. The USDA estimated that the proposal would eliminate as many as 800 inspector positions and save the federal government $90 million over three years.
Proposed rules would reduce USDA poultry inspectors