This work by Eisnitz (chief investigator, Humane Farming Association) is a journalistic exposé of the US meat industry that relies heavily on the testimony of slaughterhouse and meatpacking workers in order to provide a disturbing picture of inhumane treatment of animals, unsafe working conditions, and practices that pose health threats to consumers. Eisnitz also investigates the political and economic decisions that gave rise to these problems. This is a paperbound edition of a work first published in 1997. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)