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Slaughterhouse : the shocking story of greed, neglect, and inhumane treatment inside the U.S. meat industry
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Slaughterhouse : the shocking story of greed, neglect, and inhumane treatment inside the U.S. meat industry

Author: Gail A Eisnitz
Publisher: Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, 1997.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Gail A Eisnitz
ISBN: 1573921661 9781573921664
OCLC Number: 37315328
Notes: Includes index.
Description: 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: pt. 1. Opening the slaughterhouse door. One man's cry for help -- Will we get out of here alive? -- The darkest place in the universe -- "Mommy, am I going to die?" -- The fall guy -- pt. 2. The stickers' confessions. The man with the scar -- Pangs of conscience -- Blood-red and frozen -- pt. 3. The "slaughterhouse eight." Beyond the law -- Slunks, haulers, and "too-dead" cows -- A trip to the state pen -- A sixty-minute investigation -- pt. 4. USDA deregulates: full line speeds ahead. A Pandora's box of pathogens -- The USDA's sacred cow -- This little piggy dragged to market -- Veterinary turncoats -- The thumper -- The guardian angel -- The Secretary of Agriculture erects a smokescreen -- pt. 5. Friends in high places. Almost dying for a cause -- In bed with a bird -- The lesson -- pt. 6. A debased side of human nature. America's premier hog kill -- An army of walking wounded -- Piercing the veil of secrecy -- HACCP: a Trojan horse for deregulation -- Education and empowerment.
Responsibility: Gail A. Eisnitz.

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