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Pain and fear in Alabama’s poultry industry
Posted by Liz Borkowski on March 13, 2013 The Southern Poverty Law Center and Alabama Appleseed interviewed 300 Alabama poultry workers, and find that many have musculoskeletal problems linked to fast-moving processing lines. That problem could get even worse if a proposed USDA poultry rule to increase maximum line speeds takes effect.
USDA’s focus should be food safety, not increasing profit for poultry industry
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on December 18, 2012 McClatchy Newspapers’ reporter Lindsay Wise reports in two new articles on a proposed USDA rule to allegedly “modernize” the poultry inspection process. USDA and the poultry industry are having a love fest over the proposal, but food safety and workers’ safety advocates oppose the rule. The White House will soon be deciding the rule’s fate.
USDA gives us 30 more days to tell it why 175 birds-per-minute line speeds will take a toll on poultry workers
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on April 26, 2012 Gabriel Thompson writes today in The Nation about a summer job he had a few years back, working on the assembly line at a Pilgrim’s Pride poultry plant in Alabama. The chickens flew by on hooks at 90 birds-per-minute as he sliced and cut the meat non-stop. It didn’t take long for him to meet…
Nebraska Appleseed in the Shoes of Upton Sinclair
Posted by The Pump Handle on December 30, 2010 Liz and Celeste are on vacation, so we’re re-posting some content from our old site. By Celeste Monforton, originally posted 11/3/09 “How can it be safe with this line so fast?” …. “Come to the plant and you will see.” …”when a visitor comes they slow it down and when they leave they speed it…