Slaughterhouse : The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U. S. Meat Industry Paperback - 2006
by Gail A. Eisnitz
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With powerful descriptions reminiscent of Upton Sinclair's masterpiece "The Jungle", this book takes a shocking, frightening look at where our beef, poultry, and pork are "mass-produced". Photos.
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- Title Slaughterhouse : The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U. S. Meat Industry
- Author Gail A. Eisnitz
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 328
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Prometheus Books, Publishers, Amherst, NY
- Date 2006
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G1591024501I4N00
- ISBN 9781591024507 / 1591024501
- Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 8.96 x 6.06 x 0.68 in (22.76 x 15.39 x 1.73 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Animal welfare - United States, Meat industry and trade - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006022924
- Dewey Decimal Code 664.902
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What started out, with a single complaint about a Florida slaughterhouse turned into a tale of intrigue and suspense as investigator Gail A. Eisnitz unearthed more startling information about the meat and poultry Americans consume. This shocking story follows Eisnitz as she becomes submerged in a slaughterhouse subculture, venturing deeper and deeper into the lives of the workers. As the stakes become higher in her David-and-Goliath-type battle, this determined young woman finds herself courageously taking on one of America's most powerful industries. 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 lastfifteen 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.
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- Scitech Book News, 09/01/2007, Page 180