date:Sep 18, 2017
Food Water Watch is opposing the National Chicken Council petition to increase poultry slaughter line speeds. The petition was filed on September 1, 2017 with the USDAs Food Safety and Inspection Services.
The line speed cap was set in the 2014 regulations creating the New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS). Food Water Watch opposed the final rule reacting that system, and went to court to challenge its legality. The system essentially privatizes poultry inspection by turning most of the on-lin