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Higher-speed slaughter lines with reduced federal oversight by trained inspectors increase the risk that animals remain conscious throughout the slaughter process and are still alive when they reach the scalding feather-removal tanks. Faster line speeds also lead to serious worker-safety issues and injuries, increase food-safety hazards, raise the risk of disease transmission (including COVID-19), and harm the environment with more water usage and waste. Now’s your chance to speak up—urge your members of Congress to support the Safe Line Speeds in/During COVID-19 Act (of 2021).