{"id":28803,"date":"2017-11-16T18:37:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T18:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?p=28803"},"modified":"2020-09-08T17:25:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T17:25:42","slug":"three-things-you-should-know-about-poultry-line-speeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/three-things-you-should-know-about-poultry-line-speeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Things You Should Know About Poultry Line Speeds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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And How Safe Line Speeds Keep Chicken Safe to Eat<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Oxfam estimates that each person eats 89 pounds of chicken a year<\/a> \u2013 which means as a country, we\u2019re eating close to 9 billion birds per year. It\u2019s a major, multi-billion dollar industry that supplies us with chicken nuggets, wings, and the foundation for so many of our favorite, home-cooked meals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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It\u2019s easy to cook, it\u2019s affordable, and a mainstay in the meals American families share with one another.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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But jobs inside poultry plants are some of the most dangerous and difficult in America. The National Chicken Council, which is the poultry industry\u2019s main trade association and functions to represent its interests to Congress and other federal agencies, wants to do away with a key protection to keep workers safe on the job: line speeds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Here’s what you need to know:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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1.) By law, most poultry plants can run their processing lines at 140 birds per minute. That’s already insanely fast.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Federal law currently sets the line speed maximum at 140 birds per minute at most poultry facilities. To give you a sense of what that translates to in real life, that’s just a hair faster than the tempo for Michael Jackson’s “Beat It,” except where each beat is a chicken.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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