The meat / poultry industry is constantly rocked by animal welfare investigators taking videos of blatant animal abuse, unsafe food handling and criminal cover-ups. So what does industry do about this? Why they do the natural thing, they try to pass laws against the whistle-blowers and concerned citizens by making it illegal to take photographs at a farming operation, that's what they do.
They have their Lobbyists getting bills introduced to protect the criminals. Some make it a crime for someone such as an animal welfare advocate to lie on an application to get a job at a plant.
Bills pending in California, Nebraska and Tennessee require that anyone
collecting evidence of abuse turn it over to law enforcement within 24
to 48 hours — which advocates say does not allow enough time to document
illegal activity under federal humane handling and food safety laws. In Indiana, Arkansas and Pennsylvania it would be a crime to make videos at agricultural operations. The legislation is being pushed by the corrupt business lobby at ALEC, the agency that makes legislators get aligned with mega corporations wishes. ALEC has labeled those who interfere with animal operations
"terrorists," though a spokesman said he wishes now that the
organization had called its legislation the "Freedom to Farm Act" rather
than the "Animal and Ecological Terrorism Act."
Disgusting is the only word that comes to my mind.
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