WASHINGTON — A federal judge has plucked a challenge to new poultry plant inspection rules.
In a detailed, 55-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson concluded Food and Water Watch lacked the legal standing to challenge the new rules issued by the Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
The new rules give poultry plant operators a more active role in the inspection process. Obama administration officials say this is efficient. Critics say it’s giving the fox control of the henhouse. Judge Jackson says the dispute is out of his hands.
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