Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins vows to cut red tape starting Monday, but leading beef organizations warn that bypassing federal meat inspections could jeopardize the global "gold standard" of U.S. food safety.

Red meat processors must look for efficiencies to remain profitable is the advice, after a report showed the sector’s costs had soared up to 73 per cent in a decade.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced July 11 that the Biden-Harris administration is making investments that will strengthen American food supply chains, increase independent meat and poultry processing capacity, create more, new ...