By her actions, it sure looks like federal Judge Joan N. Ericksen is fiercely defending her decision to slow line speeds for slaughtering market hogs.
Her ruling, which takes effect next week, is on appeal
Continue Reading Next week, they slow the bacon making while line speed appeal goes forward
Federal Judge Joan N. Ericksen last October held a 64-minute video hearing and then took the line speed case under advisement. Five months later, she has published a 68-page ruling to resume the speed limits
Continue Reading Judge rules line speeds for market hogs must be slowed, stays order for 90 days
Ahead of her Oct. 13 video conference on swine slaughter line speed, a federal judge in Minnesota is welcoming outside parties to offer their opinions about the case.
Judge Joan N. Ericksen did not yell
Continue Reading Line-speed arguments set to be heard by video conference on Oct. 13
The USDA by April 15 will ask a federal court in California to dismiss a second lawsuit filed to overturn the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS’s) new inspection system for market hogs. USDA earlier
Continue Reading Federal court in California will hear oral arguments in USDA motion to dismiss swine lawsuit
The unions are down to one issue with the USDA about new inspection protocols for market hogs, and it is not food safety. After tossing out challenges to how USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service
Continue Reading USDA gets all but the line speed issue thrown out of court
A federal judge in St. Paul is scheduled, on Jan. 27, to consider the government’s motion to dismiss a last-ditch attempt to stop the modernization of swine inspection procedures.
Unions led by the United Food
Continue Reading Union challenge to new swine inspections for market hogs might be dismissed
