Faster line speeds means more production
Erickson s ruling did not overturn the other key element of the New Swine Inspection System, which decreases the number of USDA inspectors looking for contamination or defects on pig carcasses on the cutting line.
Company employees now have responsibility for these inspections. Croston wrote in her email that Tyson Foods also will use vision systems and machine learning technology to inspect the meat.
Increasing line speeds allows companies like Tyson and JBS to kill and package more pigs in a given day, though how much they can produce depends on the size of their plants coolers. After killing the animals, the companies chill them for 24 hours.
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