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The Meat Packing Industry of the 1900's
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The Meat Packing Industry of the 1900's
Unsanitary!!!
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Cheap Equipment
To save money, the companies would often buy old and rusty machinery that would often break down. Children were often the ones fixing them if they broke.
Hair, Dirt, Dust, OH MY
If you cant understand them, make them work harder!
The use of hairnets and rubber gloves was not mandatory and often not considered so the meat was filled with dirt, hair and sweat.
Unsafe!!!
Ham or Human?
Since the number of immigrants was increasing, the number of jobs needed to increase as well. Immigrants were often stuck with the worst jobs and were ofter over worked with very little pay.
People could get body parts stuck in the machines trying to fix them or even fall in so you never know when you were getting animal meat verses human meat.
Not Environmentally Friendly!!
Hope you don't walk into a crime scene!
Dangerous!
There were reports of workers falling into rendering tanks and being ground, along with animal parts, and being sold as lard
Floors were often dirt and weren't cleaned. The blood and guts of animals were often just tracked around on the bottom of peoples shoes.