The National Pork Producers Council and the North American Meat Institute have filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. District Court of Minnesota, supporting USDA’s new swine health inspection system. The voluntary program allows for rapid adoption of new food safety technologies with the potential to increase slaughter capacity. Earlier this year, labor unions challenged this system in court. The NPPC said the loss of this updated inspection system could cut packing capacity at a time when the industry is already under stress due to the pandemic.
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