A federal judge in Minnesota recently issued an order slowing line speeds under the New Swine Inspection Program. However, on the same day, attorneys for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in California filed a 45-page answer to an amended complaint by other plaintiffs also wishing to bring down the program.
The USDA brief was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and USDA responded for Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety Sandra Eskin.