{"id":2203,"date":"2019-09-17T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmforward1.wpengine.com\/?p=2203"},"modified":"2022-11-04T20:40:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T20:40:45","slug":"usda-publishes-egregious-final-hog-slaughter-inspection-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/usda-publishes-egregious-final-hog-slaughter-inspection-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA Publishes Egregious Final Hog Slaughter Inspection Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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Update <\/strong>\u2014 (September 17, 2019<\/em>)\u00a0Today, after years of overwhelming public push back by Farm Forward and a diverse coalition of more than 35 consumer, labor, environmental, public health, animal protection and civil rights organizations, the USDA’s FSIS published its final hog slaughter inspection rule\u00a0that will revoke maximum slaughter line speeds, while also transferring key inspection duties to the plants themselves, presenting a number of food safety, animal welfare, and worker safety concerns. This egregious form of deregulation, done in the name of modernization and innovation, reflects a food system that places profit over people, animals, and the planet.<\/p>\n

Update <\/strong>\u2014\u00a0(April, 2019<\/em>) This month just weeks after Pat Basu, the chief veterinarian with the USDA\u2019s Food Safety and Inspection Service from 2016 to 2018, refused to sign off on a new pork inspection system because of concerns about safety for consumers, workers, and livestock, Trump’s USDA made plans to shift much of the power and responsibility for food safety inspections in hog plants to the pork industry. Under the proposed new inspection system there would be NO LIMITS ON SLAUGHTER LINE-SPEEDS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Update <\/strong>\u2014 (May 2, 2018<\/em>) the USDA closed it’s public comment period on the “Modernization of Swine Slaughter Inspection” rule. Thanks to you, Farm Forward submitted over 3,000 comments in opposition to this rule that if passed, would roll back progress for animals, workers, and consumers. We’ll continue to update progress on this rule here so check back often.<\/p>\n

Thanks for joining us in our fight to end factory farming. We can’t do it without you<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Original Post<\/h2>\n

Farm Forward is proud to join a diverse coalition of more than 35 consumer, labor, environmental, public health, animal protection and civil rights organizations opposing USDA\u2019s expansion of a high-speed hog slaughter program. We need your help\u2014sign the petition below!<\/strong><\/p>\n

If passed, the \u201cModernization of Swine Slaughter Inspection\u201d rule will revoke maximum slaughter line speeds, while also transferring key inspection duties\u00a0to the plants themselves<\/em>, presenting a number of food safety, animal welfare, and worker safety concerns.<\/p>\n

Even USDA inspectors who\u2019ve observed the faster speeds first-hand have spoken out against them. According to an inspector who participated in the pilot program:<\/p>\n

\u201cOn numerous occasions, I witnessed plant employees fail to spot abscesses, lesions, fecal matter, and other defects that would render an animal unsafe or unwholesome.\u201d The inspector further explained that without incentive, these plant workers \u201cdon\u2019t actually want to shut off the line to deal with problems they spot on the job. Obviously, their employer will terminate them if they do it too many times.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can help! Here\u2019s how:<\/h2>\n

The USDA is accepting public comments on the rule until May 4,2018. Sign our petition below to let them know that as a concerned American citizen you oppose the \u201cModernization of Swine Slaughter Inspection\u201d rule because it rolls back progress for animals, workers, and consumers.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll submit the signatures we collect directly to the USDA prior to the close of public comments on May 4, 2018.<\/p>\n

Click Here To Help Us Stop The USDA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks for helping to create a more just, humane, and sustainable food system. Please share this petition using the icons below to help us spread the word. And please consider making\u00a0a donation<\/a>\u00a0or starting a\u00a0Facebook fundraiser<\/a>\u00a0to support our ongoing work to change the way our nation eats and farms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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