Pork Industry Workers Sue USDA Over New Swine Rule’s Faster Line Speeds
This week, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union filed a federal lawsuit to stop the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s new swine slaughter modernization rule that eliminates line speed limits in pork slaughter plants, ultimately giving inspection responsibility to said slaughter plants. The lawsuit alleges that the new rule violates the Administrative Procedure Act because it is not backed by reasoned decision-making.