While injury and illness rates in the meat and poultry slaughtering and processing industry declined from 2004 through 2013, a new report from the Government Accountability Office indicates that hazards remain. Although injury and illness rates in the meat and poultry processing industries have declined in recent years – similar to rates in all U.S.
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