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.
Nonetheless, Eisnitz makes it clear that abuses continue and much work still needs to be done.
She describes the ongoing efforts by the Humane Farming Association to improve conditions in the meatpacking industry, media exposes that have prompted reforms resulting in multimillion dollar appropriations by Congress to try to enforce federal inspection laws, and a favorable decision by the Supreme Court to block construction of what was slated to be one of the largest hog factory farms in the country.
Eisnitz brings the Story up to date since the book\'s original publication.
In this new paperback edition, author Gail A.
It is also the first time ever that workers have spoken publicly about what\'s really taking place behind the closed doors of America\'s slaughterhouses.
Slaughterhouse is the first book of its kind to explore the impact that unprecedented changes in the meatpacking Industry over the last twenty-five years - particularly Industry consolidation, increased line speeds, and deregulation - have had on workers, animals, and consumers.
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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
