Meat Inspection
Ever seen the I Love Lucy episode where Lucy takes a job at the
chocolate factory? She can’t keep up with the line speed and starts
desperately eating the chocolates to hide her mistakes. Similarly- but
with a less hilarious outcome- line speeds in slaughterhouses and
meatpacking plants have skyrocketed over the last several decades. This
gives inspectors less time to thoroughly examine the meat that is being
sold to consumers. Additionally, the meat industry, and some in
Congress, is pushing for a privatized meat inspection system, where
company employees check to make sure the company meat is safe. A bit
like the fox guarding the hen house, no?
Meat inspection is
paramount to safe food. Consumers need government inspectors to watch
over the industry and make sure that dangerous bugs like E. coli and Salmonella
don’t contaminate our food. Food & Water Watch advocates for a
strong, well-funded government meat inspection system to ensure food
safety.
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