Submit a comment TODAY! Compassion Over Killing (COK), as part of a diverse coalition of 35 animal, worker, consumer, and environmental protection organizations, has just fired off a letter urging the USDA to end, rather than expand, its dangerous and cruel high-speed slaughter program. Add your voice TODAY by submitting a comment to the agency at http://bit.ly/NSIScomment! The USDA’s New Swine Slaughter Inspection System (NSIS) would allow for unlimited kill speeds at pig slaughterhouses across the country while transferring key government inspection duties to slaughter plants themselves--jeopardizing animal welfare, worker safety, and food safety nationwide. The coalition, comprising the National Employment Law Project, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Friends of the Earth, Public Citizen, and dozens more organizations representing hundreds of thousands of consumers, points out that this proposal is a step backward at a time when the public is hungry for transparency in the food industry and when reports show that workers are suffering severe injuries and being denied breaks in the fast-paced environment of slaughterhouses. In 2015, a COK investigation of Quality Pork Processors (QPP), one of the fastest slaughter plants in the nation and a “flagship” of the high-speed pilot program, revealed animals being shocked, dragged, and improperly stunned as workers struggled to keep up with the fast pace. It also revealed pigs covered in feces and pus-filled abscesses being slaughtered and processed for human consumption with a USDA inspection seal of approval. The USDA is now accepting public comments on its proposed rule--and we need your voice! Visit http://bit.ly/NSIScomment to find a sample comment to speak out against high-speed slaughter. Thank you for raising your voice for pigs, workers, and consumers nationwide!