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In livestock agriculture and the meat industry, a slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir (/ ˈ æ b ə t w ɑːr / ⓘ), is a facility where livestock animals are slaughtered to provide food. Slaughterhouses supply meat, which then becomes the responsibility of a meat-packing facility .
Slaughterhouses in the United States commonly illegally employ and exploit underage workers and illegal immigrants. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] In 2010, Human Rights Watch described slaughterhouse line work in the United States as a human rights crime. [ 41 ]
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The USDA in May tested 109 beef samples from dairy cows sent to slaughter and found bird flu virus particles in one cow's tissue sample. Older dairy cattle are often slaughtered for ground beef.
The Austin, Minnesota, slaughterhouse is part of the USDA's Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Inspection Models Project, better known as HIMP.HIMP slaughterhouses are places where new ...
Slaughterhouses in the United States commonly illegally employed and exploited underage workers and undocumented immigrants. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] American slaughterhouse workers were three times more likely to suffer serious injury than the average American worker. [ 36 ]
Many neighbors of the Vernon slaughterhouse are glad to be free of its stench. However, the factory's 1,800 to 2,000 workers are left wondering what's next.
The Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD), formerly the Michigan Department of Agriculture is a department of the Michigan state government created in 1921 to enforce laws regarding agriculture production and distribution. Agriculture in the State of Michigan is now a $104.7 billion industry. [2]