Now the USDA is finalizing a proposal that would allow poultry companies to accelerate their processing lines, with the aim of removing pathogens from the food supply and making plants more ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly 1 million chickens and turkeys are unintentionally boiled alive each year in U.S. slaughterhouses, often because fast-moving lines fail to kill the birds before they are … ...

Obe and Owens’ part of the project is to test the new technology from Micro-Tracers and evaluate its ability to disinfect poultry scalder water onsite with an emphasis on monitoring the levels ...

Poultry should be covered by the same law as other animals when they are slaughtered because current methods are cruel and raise the risk of contamination, the Humane Society of the United States ...

If you scald thousands of chickens alive, you’re an industrialist who will be lauded for your acumen.” The editorial board of USA Today has also weighed in , supporting greater protections for ...

The West Virginia Farmers Market Association, with assistance from West Virginia University professors, held a poultry processing demonstration on Friday at WVU’s Animal Research Center, allowing ...

Sampling boot socks could help poultry producers identify Salmonella pre-harvest on broiler and turkey farms, according to ...

Dead birds go into the scalder, where a few turns in 138-degree water loosens the feathers. From there it's into the picker, a rotating metal drum with rubber knobs that plucks the birds clean.

If you've ever wondered how boneless chicken parts end up that way, take a peek inside one of the 4,000 or so poultry processing plants in the U.S. Workers man massive assembly lines to scald ...