'Dirty meat': Shocking hygiene failings discovered in US pig and chicken plants
by Andrew Wasley from Environment | The Guardian on (#3GDBR)
Previously unseen government records detail 'deeply worrying' incidents in pork and poultry plants, raising fears of 'dirty meat' entering the UK under a post-Brexit trade deal
Shocking hygiene failings have been discovered in some of the US's biggest meat plants, as a new analysis reveals that as many as 15% (one in seven) of the US population suffers from foodborne illnesses annually.
A joint investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) and the Guardian found that hygiene incidents are at numbers that experts described as "deeply worrying".
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