History Of Rights And Responsibilities In The Meatpacking Industry

Transportation has been a huge asset in economies all over the world. Products travel all over the place in order to retain a steady flow of money for the respective company. The meat economy is a well known example of this, by using railroads and boats to shape into what the economy is today. Without a doubt, the Chicago and Cincinnati meat economies proved that transportation was a major factor in the strengthening of an economy.

The disgusting condition of the meat packing industry is another theme that is depicted by Sinclair in The Jungle. Sinclair's outlandish depictions of the conditions and processes in the meatpacking plant led to the reforms made for food safety regulation. Sinclair showed the meatpacking factories as a place where a man could fall into a boiling vat and be turned into canned food without it being noticed. In Packingtown, meatpackers sell spoiled and contaminated meat. It was a custom in Packingtown that “whenever meat was so spoiled that it could not be used for anything else, either to can it or else to chop it up into sausage” (111). This unsanitary shortcut was done in an effort to make every dime that they could out of the meat packing

The meat was processed very fast, but in very poor and dirty condition, for example, as Synclair said, “They had chains which they fastened about the leg of the nearest hog, and the other end of the chain they hooked … he was shunted off upon a trolley and went sailing down the room.” As many hogs were killed by a chain their bones were ripped off in a few second, and their bodies were divided in many parts. Their screaming could touch the sky, but it couldn’t touch the hearts of thousands workers and visitors. Millions of hog were killed every day brought the huge profit to the industry. Following the profit of the companies was the dirty and unhealthy meat. For instance, “There would be meat stored in great piles in rooms … hand over these piles of meat and sweep off handfuls of the dried dung of rats.” The rats were everywhere, and the workers might feel familiar to it, and they didn’t pay much attention about what sickness the rats would bring. The company was full of rats, but it still running and selling meat to market, and wasn’t noticed by government. Not only the meat was filthy, but the working condition of workers were unclean and full of chemical as Synclair said, “he worked in a place where his feet were soaked in chemicals… and learned that it was a regular thing.” Although Jurgis was a worker in the company, he received no health care for his job. The chemical

Gone were the days when industrialization was the prime origin and a new age of economic boom in our country. This was a period where factories were established, provision of jobs being vastly increased for Americans, big machines and buildings built to accommodate and the exploit the opportunity and moment at hand. Due to this sudden improvement, food manufactures being the primary industry and instrumental in their clever ways; developed a way to profit by reducing workers, encouraged unsanitary habits and unscrupulous ways which resulted as a disastrous blow to the public. This bad habit in the food industry (primarily the meat factories) in late 1800s to early 1900s aroused one of the most controversial novel (expose) “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair, and yet thrilling insight with details as to what was going on in the meat industry. Upton Sinclair describes the frightful and dangerous working conditions of one meat packing facility in Chicago, thus far these conditions were common to all facilities which led to laws that changed the bad patterns of these manufactures.

The interest of workers were advanced by boycotts, strikes, and unions. Books like “The Jungle” exposed the horrible practices done by the meat packing plants in Chicago which then led to the Pure Food and Drug Act. The Pure Food and Drug Act made the working conditions at the meat packing plants better for the workers and for the public.

From the beginning of time the excessive desire for money and power of the few has led to stepping on and taking away the basic human rights of the masses. From the slaves of the ancient days to the under paid of today. The working man has hungered not just to live pay check to pay check, but to live comfortably after putting in a good days work. To be able to go to the hospital over work related and non-work related injuries without spending the rest of their lives in debt. To work in decent conditions where the demand for speed and mass production is set at a reasonable pace. In the meat industry it has been a century long war to win basic human rights. In the 1950’s butchers and slaughterhouse workers made decent wages that could support their families. Things shifted when companies started getting too big wanting larger and larger profits with lower and lower production costs. The worker is then treated the same as the animal to be slaughtered. In order to affect change the working masses organized. Uniting under one cause against the evil of corporate greed.

Issue: Whether the legislatively sanctioned slaughterhouse monopoly violates the Privileges and Immunities, Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the 14th Amendment? Whether the monopoly violated the 13th Amendment?

But for those who don't know, corn doesn't come from a can, it comes from a field and months of hard work. You are wondering “how does the farmer harvest the corn?”

Greenhouse, Steven. " Meat Packing Industry Criticized on Human Rights Grounds." The New York Times. The New York Times Company, 25 Jan. 2005. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.

Red meat is full of all sorts of nutrients that are beneficial for the growth and health of the human body. The definition of this meat at least in Australian terms is the meat that comes from cattle, goat and sheep. It does not include meat from such animals as pigs, kangaroo, chickens, turkey and buffalo. When you purchase red meat, you will notice that it contains lean or muscle tissue along with fat tissue, which can be both throughout the lean tissue as marbling or around the outside of the particular cut of meat. A butcher typically trims off this excess fat to ensure the cut is as lean as possible.

When people think of the cow that their burger comes from, they think of a peaceful, fenced-in field with cows grazing lazily. In reality that beef comes from a cow who is forced to eat something it cannot digest, in a cramped, loud feedlot, covered in feces. Big business has worked hard to hide the reality of food origin. The American government should create legislation that would eliminate this problem. Research is being done with invitro meat, otherwise known as lab grown meat. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should approve invitro meat for human consumption. Animal cruelty caused by the farming industry and large companies is a huge problem that can be avoided with scientific advancements in lab grown meat.

“Where’s the beef?, this slogan is one that applied in every aspect. We have all formulated our own opinions of whether white or red meat is better for us but we never truly look to see both sides. There are many factors that go into deciding which meat is healthier but first we must understand what makes red meat red and how this effects its nutritional value.

This quote explains in meat processing companies, which leads the way that the ranchers have treated unequally and the land was affect it. For example, the poor quality of the environment is a serious condition. Hank also states the growth of the fast food industry has an effect on the cattle business, which makes unfair legal and ethical practices of the meat processing industry.

Does anyone really know what is going into our food? Do we really believe that our milk is “pure and farm fresh”? That our Jam is “all natural with no additives”? We all know deep down that the storeys shown by large food companies about their olive oil, hand pressed by Italian grandmothers and fresh water sourced from a natural spring actually have a darker reality? But can we avoid the radiated rockmelons and pink sludge also known as chicken nuggets, burger patties and sausages? In this essay I will be telling you about the horrible ingredients allowed in our food, what happened behind the doors of meat factory and farms, the effect all of this has on the environment and during this make you think twice about eating that fish and drinking

Mass produced beef, although harmful to the environment, is relatively inexpensive. Mass production of meat is agribusiness, which comes with beneficial government subsidies that result in less cost for factory farms. The meat industry has perfected the efficiency of slaughtering its cattle and making it available for purchase by consumers in a timely fashion. What most consumers fail to realize is how powerful the meat industry is in the political arena. A Frontline journalist reported, “Yet despite the relatively low level of financial contributions, the industry has succeeded in weakening or preventing many new meat-safety initiatives in recent years” (Johnson, 2002). The meat companies are a political force with a strong voice in Washington, which has only gained more influence