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Workers Walk Out After Fourth Death At Smithfield Meat Plant (plantbasednews.org)

submitted 1 week ago by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/53152091

Following an anonymous complaint in February, OSHA inspected the plant and fined Smithfield Foods $9,931.60 after observing workers’ exposure to “amputation hazards.” This was preceded by serious citations in 2021, 2023, and 2025.

Working in a slaughterhouse is extremely dangerous. In the US, there are approximately two amputations per week, primarily due to the industry’s poor working conditions and excessively fast pace.

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As reported by KWQC, the leaders also acknowledged “community concerns” over a backlog of rendering material – animal waste, internal organs, and decaying meat – being stored outside the plant, causing a strong, unpleasant smell in the city.

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[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The meat, dairy, egg, etc. industry has no shortage of creative ways to be horrible in search of slight gains. For instance

Forced molting, sometimes known as induced molting, is the practice by some poultry industries of artificially provoking a flock to molt simultaneously, typically by withdrawing food for 7–14 days and sometimes also withdrawing water for an extended period

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_molting

Or one particularly bizarre one from the shrimp farming industry

Eyestalk ablation is the removal of one (unilateral) or both (bilateral) eyestalks from a crustacean. It is routinely practiced on female shrimps (or female prawns) in almost every marine shrimp maturation or reproduction facility in the world, both research and commercial. The aim of ablation under these circumstances is to stimulate the female shrimp to develop mature ovaries and spawn.[1] The practice has drawn criticism from animal welfare advocates due to concerns about pain, distress, and long-term impacts on shrimp health and behaviour.[2][3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyestalk_ablation

[–] skittle07crusher@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Holy fucking shit

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago

Also, worth checking out the Wikipedia categories with a long list of the questionable things. There's so much more than what I listed, sadly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ethically_disputed_business_practices_towards_animals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ethically_disputed_research_practices_towards_animals

There's a lot of topcis that aren't even articles on Wikipedia too

Or if you want to see something more visually disturbing, there's a good documentary called Dominion which covers a lot of these industries horrifying practices

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Awesome. I'm in pure awe at this innovation.