Nearly 70 House members on Monday implored Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to abandon plans to overhaul the nation’s poultry inspection system with a slate of new regulations, the Hill reports.
The lawmakers argue that plans to remove some federal inspectors from turkey and chicken slaughterhouses while allowing the industry to speed up production lines would threaten the safety of employees and the nation’s food supply.
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