Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Trump's USDA Wants to Make Pork Processing Faster—And More Dangerous -- Mother Jones

In a typical pork slaughterhouse, hog carcasses move down the conveyor belt at an average rate of around 977 per hour, or about 16 per minute. Workers tasked with disassembling these fast-moving 240-plus pound chunks of flesh endure high injury rates, which are likely even higher due to underreporting. ....
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/trumps-usda-wants-to-make-pork-faster-and-more-dangerous/

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