Federal law designed to prevent animal suffering excludes 98% of slaughtered animals and faces chronic enforcement failures ...

The U.S. pork industry faces a new speed limit on hog slaughtering, the result of a court ruling that worker groups welcomed and industry officials warned could disrupt farmers and processing plants.

Officials in Spencer are considering a new ordinance that could permit a meat locker or other business within city limits to process more types of meat. Don Hemphill, legal counsel for the City of ...