Tossed line speed case is returning
The federal case of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) v. Sonny Perdue was dismissed in late February after spending time for 4 years.
HSUS and other animal activists, on Feb. 25, 2020, took legal action against then Secretary of Agriculture Perdue, difficult guidelines set by the USDA on chicken-slaughter line speeds at particular chicken slaughterhouses. A 2014 policy from the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) permits line speeds of 140 chickens per minute. In 2018, FSIS started permitting waivers for slaughterhouses that allow line speeds of 175 chickens per minute.
After 4 years in the U.S. District Court for Northern California, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler tossed the line speed suit, however it is not over. Her order provides HSUS and the other activ...