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

Explores the impact that unprecedented changes in the meatpacking industry - particularly industry consolidation, increased line speeds, and deregulation - have had on workers, animals, and consumers. This work describes the efforts by the Humane Farming Association to improve conditions in the meatpacking industry.
Print Book, English, 2006
Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2006
pages cm
9781591024507, 1591024501
225941143
Part I: Opening the Slaughterhouse Door; Part II: The Stickers' Confessions; Part III: The "Slaughterhouse Eight"; Part IV: USDA Deregulates: Full Line Speeds Ahead; Part V: Friends in High Places; Part VI: A Debased Side of Human Nature; Glossary; Index.
Originally published: 1997