Seara chicken slaughter facility near Cidrolandia, which exports approximately 65% of its production to Russia, China, and Europe. Seara was recently acquired by JBS, a Brazilian meat packing conglomerate. They process 170,000 chickens per day, 3 million per month, and seem to run 24 hours/day. Most of their production is for export. All legs go boneless to Japan, wings go to China & HK, feet go to China and Africa, breasts 80% Europe, 20% Brazil, head and bones are meal powder for Brazilian animal feed, internal organs: liver to the US for pet food, heart to Brazil for people food, etc. The plant employs 650 people per shift, and there are 350 people on the main cutting/sorting floor.
The room where live chickens are hung by their feet for slaughter was bathed in a strange dim blue light that they told me was to calm the chickens, but not a sanitary measure. Others in the food industry told me the UV light was probably to kill bacteria, etc.
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