Washington – A group of House Democrats, led by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), is urging Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to reject a renewed call to increase line speeds in poultry-processing plants.
In a letter sent June 29, the group states that a recent request from Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) to bump maximum line speeds to 175 birds per minute from 140 “would have serious detrimental effects to food, worker and animal safety.”
In a 2014 final rule, the Department of Agriculture declined to increase line speeds.
DeLauro’s letter cites data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that shows poultry workers had an injury rate nearly 50 percent higher than the national average and an illness rate seven times higher than any other industry. It also states that the poultry industry is 12th in the number of work-related hospitalizations and amputations.
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