The News in Slaughterhouses

There were some terrifying findings recently in a few large scale slaughterhouses around the country- Minnesota, Indiana, and California.

MN and IN slaughterhouse workers were infected with what the Center for Disease Control is calling a “progressive inflammatory neuropathy.” These workers are already in varying states of the condition, from tingling limbs to severely disabled. Read more at Wired News.

And in CA last week video footage was released from Hallmark Meat Packing slaughterhouse showing the workers abusing already sick animals (downers). The meat from this facility supplies Westland Meat Company. Westland sells their meat to agencies who feed needy families, the elderly and to schools through the National School Lunch Program. Read more about this story in the LA Times.