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Sanitation Critique of Chicago Stockyards Revealing Unsanitary Practices
A detailed probe documents filthy workrooms, wooden equipment, and lack of lavatories in Chicago stockyards. It notes pervasive odor, damp floors, inadequate ventilation, and workers exposed to tuberculous dust, with calls for stricter government inspection and higher staffing. The report urges national action to reform handling from slaughter to canned products.
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New York
Chicago
Germany
America
United States
Bureau of Animal Industry
Secretary of Agriculture
James B. Reynolds
Chas. P. Neill