The sad part of this is PETA has been on this for years now trying to show the abuse and general nastiness that happens at Agriprocessors. I was reading it a couple months before this fiasco so it was no surprise to me. But, it’s taken an actual government raid, not by the USDA but ICE for immigration purposes (one of the worst kept secrets in the industry as it’s been written about for years in obscure places such as TIME) to shake off the self-imposed blinders by everyone from inspector to press to customer and get any sort of examination.

Not every piece of meat processed there is considered kosher so it’s sent out to be eaten by the general public. While it’s an affront that the additional scrutiny of the kosher guidelines meant nothing, one doesn’t have to keep kosher to be outraged.

As long as no one bothers then they can do whatever day in and day out. If there is any penalty to be paid it’s usually far less than what was saved and turned into pure profit. Fines are the price of doing business.

This is hardly the only meat-packing plant to have atrocious conditions for both animals and employees. So why is there so little outcry?

Everyone Just keeps chewing the fat...