Critics fear that increasing the speed at which animals are slaughtered could lead to less safe food and less safe conditions for workers.

NEW HAVEN — A controversial poultry market that would have slaughtered live chickens as they were purchased won't be opening anytime soon in the former location of a neighborhood market and sub shop ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two animal welfare groups and dozens of lawmakers are urging the Obama administration to improve humane treatment of poultry at slaughterhouses, citing statistics that show hundreds ...

Last week, the US Department of Agriculture proposed a strikingly cruel policy, even for this administration: speeding up the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTSMOUTH — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals targeted downtown Portsmouth eateries Thursday with a protest against ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California woman on trial for taking four chickens from one of Perdue Farms’ major poultry plants has put animal treatment at slaughter houses in the national spotlight as her ...

Hundreds of warnings and fines are imposed every year for violations in large slaughterhouses, according to statistics published by the Dutch food agency. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product ...