WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Cory Booker issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) are co-leading a letter urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to reject proposed rules that would permanently increase line speeds in poultry and pork processing facilities. In a letter sent to USDA Under Secretary Mindy Brashears, the lawmakers warned that the proposed changes would increase the risk of debilitating injuries among meatpacking workers, including the possibility of amputations, weaken food safety protections, and eliminate key worker safety repor...