(NAFB.com) – The National Pork Producers Council applauded USDA’s plan to make the New Swine Inspection System increased line speed program permanent. “America’s pork producers thank Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins and the Food Safety and Inspection Service for the needed action that will provide financial security and more stability for pork producers,” says NPPC President Duane Stateler, a pork producer from Ohio. “Without this program, some pork producers could have incurred an additional loss of nearly $10 a head.” NPPC is grateful that USDA, under Secretary Rollins, recognizes that food safety remains without compromise while greater efficiency benefits producers and consumers. Under the new policy, FSIS will extend waivers that allow pork and poultry facilities to maintain higher line speeds, ensuring they can meet demand without excessive government interference. FSIS will also no longer require plants to submit redundant worker safety data as research confirms no direct link between processing speeds and workplace injuries.