date:Aug 04, 2014
Foods, Pilgrim's Pride, Sanderson Farms and Foster Farms would remain capped at 140 birds per minute in response to public comment.
Tom Brown, president of the National Chicken Council, said not allowing faster speeds meant that politics have trumped sound science.
A successful U.S. pilot program had been conducted with plants operating at 175 birds per minute, and broiler plants in several other countries operate at line speeds of 200 or more birds per minute, Brown said.
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