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Slaughterhouse, the shocking story of greed, neglect, and inhumane treatment inside the U.S. meat industry, Gail A. Eisnitz

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Slaughterhouse

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Gail A. Eisnitz

the shocking story of greed, neglect, and inhumane treatment inside the U.S. meat industry

"Slaughterhouse takes readers on a frightening but true journey from one slaughterhouse to another throughout the country. Along the way we encounter example after example of mistreated animals ... intolerable working conditions ... lax standards ... the slow, painful deaths of children killed as a result of eating contaminated meat ... the author's battle with the major television networks ... and a dangerously corrupt federal agency that chooses to do nothing rather than risk the wrath of agribusiness ... before the whole affair is blown wide open in this powerful expose. In an effort to understand how such rampant violations could occur right under the noses of U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspectors -- the individuals charged with enforcing humane regulations in slaughterhouses -- Eisnitz examines the inspectors' track record for enforcing meat and poultry safety regulations, their primary responsibility. Following a long paper trail, she learns that contaminated meat and poultry are pouring out of federally inspected slaughterhouses and, not surprisingly, deaths from foodborne illness have quadrupled in the United States in the last fifteen years. Determined to tell the whole story, Eisnitz then examines the physical price paid by employees working in one of America's most dangerous industries. In addition to suffering disfiguring injuries and crippling repetitive motion disorders, employees describe tyrannical working conditions in which grievances are met with severe reprisals or dismissals."--From the dust-jacket flaps