Oklahoma Pork Processor Moves to Delay Court Ruling on Slaughter Speeds
Oklahoma Pork Processor Moves to Delay Court Ruling on Slaughter Speeds U.S. pork processor Seaboard Foods wants to pursue a 10-1/2-month delay to a federal court decision that would force it to slow the speed of hog slaughtering at a massive Oklahoma pork plant, according to court documents. The second-biggest U.S. pig producer seeks to intervene in the line speed case after a federal judge ruled against a Trump administration policy allowing pork plants to run slaughter line speeds as fast as they want, as long as they prevent fecal contamination and minimize bacteria. As the first U.S. po...