Slaughterhouse

Worker Abuse At Nation's Biggest Kosher Slaughterhouse Prompts Ethics Debate

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 08.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Workers Rights, Kosher, Iowa, Slaughterhouse, Judaism, Food Politics, Politics of Food, Home News

NEW YORK — Very little goes unexamined in the kosher world. From meat and poultry to the coating on vegetables and the ingredients in mouthwash...

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Abusive Slaughterhouse Billed $67 Million For Recall

AP | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Meat Recall, Department of Agriculture, National School Lunch Program, Usda, Slaughterhouse, Westland/Hallmark Meat Co, Downer Cows, USDA Policy, Beef Recall, Beef Recall 2008, Business News

CHINO, Calif. — The federal government said Thursday it has billed a California slaughterhouse more than $67 million for expenses associated wit...

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Largest Beef Recall, Ever. Now, Real Change?

Anna Lappé | Posted 02.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Slaughterhouse, Animal Cruelty, Animal Welfare, Cows, Livestock, Humane Society, School Lunches, Burgers, Beef Recall, US Beef, E. Coli, Living News
Anna Lappé

How has the beef industry gotten away with such disregard for animal welfare, human health, and the environment?

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No Cow Left Behind

Kerry Trueman | Posted 02.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Westland Meat Packing Company, Humane Society of the United States, Meat Recall, Animal Rights, Animal Cruelty, Abuse, Beef, Animal Abuse, Beef Recall, Mad Cow Disease, E. Coli, Slaughterhouse, Cows, Cruelty to Animals, US Beef, Meat, Living News
Kerry Trueman

Industrial livestock production relies on the systemic abuse of cows, pigs, chickens, and the workers who process them. When did Americans develop such a taste for torture, anyway?

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Beef Industry Responds to Secret Video

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 02.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Usda, Beef Recall, Forklifting Cows, Cow Abuse Video, Slaughterhouse, Meat Recall, Westland/Hallmark Meat Co, Cow Abuse, Business News

DENVER — Despite a secretly taped video showing workers at a Southern California slaughterhouse abusing sick or crippled animals, nearly all cat...

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CA Slaughterhouse Zaps Cows Too Weak To Stand

Washington Post | Rick Weiss | Posted 01.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Department of Agriculture, Electric Shocks, Animal Welfare, Slaughterhouse, Humane Society, Animal Abuse, Cows, Cow Abuse, Business News

Video footage being released today shows workers at a California slaughterhouse delivering repeated electric shocks to cows too sick or weak to stand ...

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