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From: University Wire
Date: 20031027
Author:Midhat Farooqi

Midhat Farooqi
University Wire
10-27-2003
(The Battalion) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Nearly a century after Upton Sinclair exposed the scandal of America's slaughterhouses in his novel "The Jungle," some of the nation's largest meatpacking plants still fail to meet federal inspection guidelines to produce disease-free meat. There were a record 113 meat recalls last year alone.

However, what's worse is that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been lax in enforcing safety procedures under the new program, even at plants with repeated violations. In a report issued this month, top ...

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