In February, the United States Department of Agriculture announced two proposed changes to federal rules governing the rate ...

Welfare outcomes varied. Pigs stunned with CO2 had greater aversion, but faster loss of posture. The final reports from the ...

Over the Labor Day weekend, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it was going to ease wastewater regulations on meat processing plants. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a final action ...

The self-distancing and quarantine protocols put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 have reduced economic growth, shuttered consumers in their homes and changed the way Americans purchase and ...

A week-long shutdown at Conestoga Meats is causing uncertainty for hog farmers in Ontario. The plant, which is one of Ontario's largest pork processing facilities, stopped production on Monday after ...

Alastair Philip Wiper’s photograph in a Danish meat processing plant unflinchingly juxtaposes pig carcasses and the ...

President-elect Joe Biden's administration will likely ramp up regulation of meatpackers after Covid-19 outbreaks spread through many of the nation's biggest processing plants, USA Today reported this ...

A Minnesota meat processing plant is voluntarily recalling multiple products that may be contaminated with bacteria that can cause a "potentially serious disease," the state agriculture department ...