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Faster Slaughterhouse Line Speeds Are Increasingly a Climate Problem

Inside Climate News · By Georgina Gustin · last updated
Reacting to Trump administration proposals calling for higher-paced processing, critics say protections for workers, animals and food safety are not the only concerns.

By Georgina Gustin

Jill Mauer spent more than 30 years as a government inspector, watching over meat plants as workers slaughtered and processed animals into market-ready chops and wings.