Meat processing

place around an apartment complex above a delicatessen, owned by a hardy butcher who displays his power status over tenants, through aggressive confrontations and their over reliance on him to provide them with miscellaneous meats. Tenants pay for their rent and these meats through bags of corn, which act as a currency. A new tenant named Louison arrives in hopes of securing a job in the complex, but little does he know that he’s on…

Whistle blowing. Snitching. Ratting. Tattling. Exposing. Blowing the lid off. The meat packing industry is not as it seems. Beware of the meat. Beware of the job. Things are not as they seem. Whatever the big meat packing companies have said, it is a lie. Immigrants to the United States were told about a better life, but it was also a lie. Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle which exposed the reality of the meat packing companies in Chicago in the early 20th century. Likewise in the food documentary…

“corrupt federal meat inspectors, unsanitary slaughter houses, tubercular cattle, and the packers’ unscrupulous [unethical] business practices.” President Theodore Roosevelt responded with the Meat Inspection Act and “quickly brought out a new bill.” President Roosevelt rapid response indicates that poor working conditions and sanitation were a serious issue in the American society at the time, in which he asked his friends in Congress to pass a consumer protection bill to clean up the meat…

The risks that are taken in order to produce a lot of food on a small amount of land are extensive. By far, the vast majority of effects are those aspects of the system that impact the environment. For example, factory farming for meat production has led to a significant amount of air and water pollution risking contamination of drinking water, as well as, the quality of air in surrounding areas. Air pollution mainly stems from carbon dioxide emissions that are a result of factory…

(a) What is the connection between China and the Brazilian Amazon? (2 points) Chinas growing population has caused an increase in demand for food products including meat. The increase in demand for meat has caused Chinese cattle herders to increase the number of animals that graze on the available grassland. This increase has caused significant overgrazing and loss of available land used by herders. The loss of available grazing land has facilitated the transition to including more chicken…

Many people have the misconception that just because meat or animal products are labeled as “organic” it means that the animals aren’t subjected to cruelty and torture. This is false information. According to Sean Carmody, “97% of the 10 billion animals tortured and killed each year are farm…

industry. Having the ability to identify and trace animals is a great advantage when trying to limit the movement of diseases. Traceability is something that other countries want. If America can create a traceability system, they could export more meat from animals and improve the economy. The cost of applying tags to the animals is reasonably affordable. Limiting the movement of diseases will decrease the amount of diseased animals and improve the quality of the product. Identifying diseased…

Many think that removing meat and other animal products from someone’s diet would not end up helping the planet and the animals that are being unnecessarily harmed. Growing vegetables and fruits would require land that would be taken away from wildlife, thus causing those animals…

What goes on in a Tyson chicken processing plant? Tyson Foods is a American corporation based out in Springdale, Arkansas that is the world's second largest processor and marketer of beef, pork and chicken. Tyson was founded in 1935 by John W. Tyson in Springdale, Arizona. Tyson has been known worldwide for its rapid production at 140 birds per minute. The speed at which these birds are produced is incredibly good for business but not fun for those working on the line. Working conditions for…

that people do not wish to discuss. Consumers increasingly want to push slaughterhouses out of sight and out of mind, and slaughterhouse companies have been happy to oblige (Fitzgerald, 2010). We know that there is a readily supply of all types of meat, yet we turn a blind eye to think of what the animal has gone through in order for us to eat…