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 in the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court in St. Louis. Ericksen stayed her own decision after
Continue Reading Next week, they slow the bacon making while line speed appeal goes forward
It looks like the line-speed issue involving market hogs is going down the Big River for a decision by the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis with or without USDA’s help.
On April 1, 2021, a federal judge in St. Paul ruled that the USDA violated the
Continue Reading With or without USDA support, hog producers push line-speed case to the appellate court
Seaboard Foods wants to intervene in UFCW v. USDA “to move to stay the effect of the Court’s forthcoming judgment by 10.5 months as to Seaboard, and for the purpose of perfecting an appeal” with a stay pending appeal if necessary.
A federal court in Minnesota in March ruled that
Continue Reading Is UFCW v. USDA the end or just the beginning of the great line speed debate?
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 on hog slaughter inspection lines.
Ericksen stayed her order in U.S. District Court for Minnesota
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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 “Olly Olly oxen free,” but she might as well have by welcoming Amicus Curiae filings
Continue Reading Line-speed arguments set to be heard by video conference on Oct. 13
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 and Commercial Workers sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture Oct. 7, 2019, over the Food
Continue Reading Union challenge to new swine inspections for market hogs might be dismissed
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union and UFCW Locals Nos 663, 440, and 2 have sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in federal district court in Minnesota to stop the modernization of the inspection system for market hogs.
The New Swine Inspection System went into effect on Oct.
Continue Reading Meat inspectors’ unions go to federal court over line speeds
