Chew On This And Its Effect On The Food Industry

First off, people working in Maquiladoras work in very bad conditions. Document C, picture A shows how there are hundreds of people in one room all wedged together. Most of these machines were broken and falling apart, which made it harder for them to work. The Maquiladoras that many work in are poor, run-down, and dirty. The companies care little about their safety and more about their products being produced rapidly. They did not make safety their number one priority. Not caring about their

Food industries trick he/she into buying their food by using words that sound healthier. Words like ''natural'' sound better, but natural is still a chemical made in a lab. Fast foods are not completely honest with the ingredients they use. We eat foods that say fat-free but fat hasn't been the problem with weight gain; it is sugar. Food Industries use more sugar or sweetener to make food taste better when they remove fat. The fat-free product causes the consumer to eat more because he or she may think it is ok too, but it is far worse to eat. Eating so much sugar can lead to high blood pressure and more health problems. The dangers of fast food can lead to significant weight gain, health problems, and more money spendings.

It is indeed shocking that the world’s most industrialized, modern, advanced and powerful country, the United States of America, does not have specific standards when it comes to providing a healthy and safe work environment for workers in the meat and poultry industry. However this should not come as a surprise to anyone as OSHA does indeed have a very sorry history in maintaining, policing

Food is any substance that is eaten to nourish the body and can be solid or liquid. Food can be taken into the body by mouth, by tube or even directly into the vein for those who are unable to feed by mouth due to ill health or health issues which does not able them to eat or drink normally. Food makes your body work, grow and repair itself and the kinds of food you eat can affect the efficiency of these processes.

Factories did not have to meet any safety guidelines, causing the United States to have the worst working conditions out of any other country. Also the factories were definitely not the cleanest places to work. Since there was no one inspecting the meat at the time, low skilled laborers were forced to package meat that was spoiled or contaminated. This did not go well with human consumption.

It is almost like they treat the employees just as bad as they treat the animals. And this is shown in array of ways such as long strenuous work hours, horrible benefits, and racism towards employees. Even though slaughterhouses and meat-processing plants are filled with high tech machinery, manual labor is still heavy required. “Unlike the workers on the kill floor, the ones here were packed closely together, practically elbow to elbow, as they engaged in their repetitive motions.” Workers are usually trained for one specific job in the plant. An example is some workers only kill the animals while other cut and separate. Having to repeat the same process over and over again can cause several health issues and is really hard. Not to mention having to work long hours and repetitive motions. “The first time I worked with a knife, my hands hurt so much at night they kept me awake. I couldn’t put them under a pillow, only on top.” The workers tend to get injuries their hands, wrists and arms. This shows how there needs to be a change in the way they run the plants. No person in today’s society should have to be working assembly-line jobs. It just is not

Unsanitary living environments for the animals can cause outbreaks to occur in the factories, which may put animal’s health at greater risk. According to an article written by Bradley S. Miller, “By ignoring traditional animal husbandry methods

The fumes and accumulating waste that is pumped into lagoons are constantly leaking out and are polluting the local waterways. The pollutions and fumes are also causing people to become sick and choke from the toxic air. In 1992, family farms would control seventy percent of the hogs that were raised on their farms for consumption (173). By the year of 2007, ninety-five percent of the hog productions were from factory farms (173). This only left 5 percent to small family farms to raise their animals in the way they want it to be. Hauter (2012) argues “ the number of small family-famed hog operations in Missouri dropped from 23,000 in 1985 to 3,000 large ones in 2007, a decline of 87 percent” (180). Even though there has been a dropped in family farm business the number of hogs grown in the state has remained constant. The working conditions that the meatpacking industry is horrendous for the workers and many of them suffer a lot to keep their job. Hauter (2012) argues “according to the “Packaged with Abuse: Safety and Health Conditions….”, Smithfield has engaged in abusive labor practices in several ways” (184). The reported claims from the workers are carpal tunnel syndrome, contusions, blunt traumas from slipping and falling on wet floors, cuts and puncture, infections causing the fingernail to separate from the figure, fractures, amputations, burns, hernias, rashes, and swelling (185). Smithfield has also been

The working environment in slaughterhouses and meat packing factories were atrocious. According to Sinclair in The Jungle, the workers in these factories were to pickle or smoke spoiled meat and cut off the contaminated parts. The meat that had been dropped was picked up and put back in the grinder as if nothing happened at all. If a whole ham is spoiled to the point it smelled the workers were to chop it up with other meats and pour chemicals to smother the pungent odor oozing off the meat. Rats overrun storage rooms where the meat is kept in piles under insufficient, leaky ceilings. The factories have workers mop up the brine, that is used to preserve the meat, towards a hole in the floor so it can be recycled and used again. After a few days, workers were to shovel the unused rotten scraps into the truck that hauled off the meat.

Food factories are very disgusting places because of the way they kill animals. People are unaware of the conditions that these animals live in before they are killed and shipped to stores and restaurants. Each year in the United States

To this day, you see workers in the slaughterhouses responsible for the speed of the production line. The main cause for these workers getting injured is the speed of the line hence the term “the chain never stops”. If the chain slows down, costs go up, so these workers are working extra hard to get the line to continue at a fast speed. In the article it states, “They struggle to keep up with the pace as carcasses rapidly swing toward them, hung on hooks from a moving, overhead chain. All sorts of accidents—involving power tools, saws, knives, conveyor belts, slippery floors, falling carcasses—become more likely when the chain moves too fast” (Schlosser 4) which shows how terrible things were planned to happen while working so fast. Another

They were overly concerned with making profit; far more than the health of their workers. The cheaper the labor cost and the cost of sustaining a clean atmosphere; the more profit the owners would get. This led to a filthy and perilous working environment. The meat packing industry may have been the worst. It had high productivity, but its condition declined to the point of being hazardous to both the workers and consumers.

Food, has a specific meaning to all of us; for some it is a form of nourishment, for others it is a cultural act,

Many people notice that Hardee’s employees are poorly trained and handle situation in the wrong way. This can cause many problems for the people who eat there and also the company themselves. A customer wants to be treated right when ordering their food, but they also want to feel safe when eating their food. If an employee were sick, the customer would not want them hacking all over their food. It is not only gross but can cause the consumer of the food to become ill.

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