{"id":19523,"date":"2023-12-01T14:04:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T14:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=19523"},"modified":"2023-12-01T14:06:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T14:06:08","slug":"u-s-extends-trump-eras-high-speed-pork-production-for-90-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2023\/12\/01\/u-s-extends-trump-eras-high-speed-pork-production-for-90-days\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. extends Trump era’s high speed pork production for 90 days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Six major\u00a0pork<\/u><\/a>\u00a0plants in the U.S. have received an extra 90-day trial period using the controversial accelerated production method.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The previous trial was to have ended November 2023 but for the timely intervention of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Reuters <\/u><\/a>reports that the extension revives a Trump-era law that ended in 2021 on food safety concerns via a court ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since March 2021, per the ruling, plants could only limit their velocity to\u00a01,106 head an hour<\/u><\/a>. \u00a0USDA nevertheless managed to win the ongoing trial period for speed production in 2022. The agency sought to collect data from pork plants during the trial duration as a gauge for implementing better food and workers’ safety.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the centre of the trial are six firms including the meat giants, Tyson Foods and JBS SA. The firms had hinted at canceling farmers\u2019 orders due to the slow rate of hog slaughter had the extension failed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The six companies, which have been counting losses due to slow production of pork, are now celebrating the extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 USDA will continue to receive data from the pork plants and share it with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The occupational agency says that the 3-month period will provide enough data on the impact of speed production on pork plants\u2019 employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is a timeline of the trial:<\/p>\n\n\n\n