Poultry processors aim to recover millions in lost revenue by turning to high-speed sorting technology that recovers up to 35% more whole chicken nuggets currently sold as low value trim.
Poultry processing’s 2023 incident rate of 2.6 represents an 89% decrease from 1994, the oldest data available on the BLS website when the recorded rate was 22.7.
Incidence of occupational injuries and illnesses within the sector’s workforce falls below all general industry, manufacturing and food manufacturing levels.