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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Every time you turn around, there's another one. And the population has quadrupled in the past six months. This isn't the exponential growth of E. Coli bacteria, but the increasing numbers of science publications at Harvard in recent months...

Author: By Janet C. Chang, | Title: Science Publications Multiply | 10/18/1994 | See Source »

...that washing is ineffective, even after 40 rinses. (Trimming is still required for beef, "because the meat industry doesn't have poultry's clout," says a USDA official.) Simply put, the slaughtering process in which washing is the integral component merely removes the visible fecal matter while forcing harmful bacteria into the chicken's skin and body cavity -- and therefore out of the sight of inspectors who supposedly guarantee the product's wholesomeness. In a typical plant, three inspectors work a processing line, each examining 30 birds a minute, or one every two seconds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Something Smells Fowl | 10/17/1994 | See Source »

...slaughtering process today further increases the likelihood of cross- contamination as dirty birds mingle with clean ones. If they haven't already become contaminated by the rapid defeathering and evisceration processes, which spread bacteria virtually everywhere, the birds lose almost any chance of emerging clean when thousands at a time bathe in the "chill tank" in order to lower their temperature prior to packing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Something Smells Fowl | 10/17/1994 | See Source »

...year-old sanitation employee who has toiled in the Tyson plant for nine years. This summer, at a meeting between employees and managers, says Pipes, "we asked why we're required to package chicken that smells bad, and they said the chicken can smell bad due to bacteria but it can still be of good quality. That's bull as far as I'm concerned." Tyson denies the charges of the workers, one of whom is a union organizer, but says an investigation will be launched. "I don't believe these practices are taking place," says spokesman Archie Schaffer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Something Smells Fowl | 10/17/1994 | See Source »

...years, as the incidence of food-borne illnesses has steadily increased, the USDA has proved virtually impervious to criticism. But microbes are changing all the time, becoming more virulent. "We must reduce the bacteria load as much as practically possible," says public-health expert Menning. "People are getting sick every day and dying. Most people can tolerate pathogenic exposure. The young and elderly cannot. There will be a massive food poisoning. And today an outbreak could affect so many people because of the concentration of industry." It will be up to the person Clinton appoints as Espy's successor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Something Smells Fowl | 10/17/1994 | See Source »

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