For 106 years the Chicago Stockyards was the main center of the meat packing industry. At its peak in 1924 it processed more meat than any other place in the world. Today the industry is decentralized.
Meat packing industries had poor working conditions and unsanitary practices in the meat packing plants. Such as workers did not wash hands, no gloves, and also rodents would leave feces in the plant making it unsanitary.
Chicago
Slaughter houses and meat packing
Cincinnati, Ohio became known as Porkopolis because it was a major meat packing center in the early 19th century. The city was renowned for its pork production and processing, leading to the nickname.
The Jungle (1906)
The population of Ziaran Meat Packing Company is 16.
Michael Cudahy - meat packing - died in 1910.
Michael Cudahy - meat packing - was born in 1841.
The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, Jr. described the meat packing industry in Chicago, IL.
by showing that the meat packing industry did not have high standards of safety and cleanliness
Gustavus F. Swift was a pioneer in developing the meat packing industry.