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Author Eisnitz, Gail A.

Title Slaughterhouse : the shocking story of greed, neglect, and inhumane treatment inside the U.S. meat industry / Gail A. Eisnitz.

Publication Info. Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, 1997.

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 Moore Stacks  TS1963 .E37 1997    Available  ---
Description 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents pt. 1. Opening the slaughterhouse door -- ch. 1. One man's cry for help -- ch. 2. Will we get out of here alive? -- ch. 3. Darkest place in the universe -- ch. 4. "Mommy, am I going to die?" -- ch. 5. Fall guy -- pt. 2. Stickers' confessions -- ch. 6. Man with the scar -- ch. 7. Pangs of conscience -- ch. 8. Blood-red and frozen -- pt. 3. "Slaughterhouse eight" -- ch. 9. Beyond the law -- ch. 10. Slunks, haulers, and "too-dead" cows -- ch. 11. Trip to the state pen -- ch. 12. Sixty-minute investigation -- pt. 4. USDA deregulates: full line speeds ahead -- ch. 13. Pandora's box of pathogens -- ch. 14. USDA's sacred cow -- ch. 15. This little piggy dragged to market -- ch. 16. Veterinary turncoats -- ch. 17. Thumper -- ch. 18. Guardian angel -- ch. 19. Secretary of agriculture erects a smokescreen --
pt. 5. Friends in high places -- ch. 20. Almost dying for a cause -- ch. 21. In bed with a bird -- ch. 22. Lesson -- pt. 6. Debased side of human nature -- ch. 23. America's premier hog kill -- ch. 24. Army of walking wounded -- ch. 25. Piercing the veil of secrecy -- ch. 26. HACCP: a Trojan horse for deregulation -- ch. 27. Education and empowerment.
Subject Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- United States.
Slaughtering and slaughter-houses.
United States.
Animal welfare -- United States.
Animal welfare.
Meat inspection -- United States.
Meat inspection.
Meat industry and trade -- United States.
Meat industry and trade.
ISBN 1573921661 cloth alkaline paper