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How US plans to speed up pig slaughter times could endanger food safety

US industry chiefs are pushing for line speeds to be increased so that more animals can be slaughtered per hour. But campaigners say this could exacerbate food safety problems

Speeding up production lines at US pig processing plants could lead to unsafe meat getting into the human food chain, warn campaigners, as a new analysis shows higher levels of error in plants where they are experimenting with faster lines.

A similar plan for the US’s chicken sector ended up on hold after significant pushback. But proposals in the pork sector are currently being considered, and campaigners fear this may pave the way for companies taking over some inspection duties themselves.

Continue reading... February 21, 2018 at 05:45PM

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