Subcontracted racial capitalism: the interrelationship of race and production in meat processing plants

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-53
Author(s):  
Valeria Piro ◽  
Devi Sacchetto
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Meat Industry ◽  
Meat Processing ◽  
Racial Capitalism ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
Qualitative Empirical Research ◽  
Race And Racialization ◽  
Processing Plants

The aim of this paper is to extend discussion on subcontracted labour by focussing on the labour process and on the role of race and racialization within it. The existing literature has so far analysed the factors that have encouraged employer decisions to outsource labour, together with its effects on labour conditions and on industrial relations. Missing, however, has been any detailed analysis of the role of race and racialization processes, pivotal elements in the facilitation of subcontracting thereby accelerating the worsening of labour conditions.Based on qualitative empirical research on the meat industry in Northern Italy, this article highlights how the processes of outsourcing and racialization intersect to support the segmentation of labour within the workplace. In particular, we argue that, through contracting out work to racialized groups of migrant workers, outsourcing has been both facilitated and legitimized. Furthermore, the presence of in-plant contractors has fostered the implementation of racializing practices, which in turn have bolstered workforce fragmentation on racial lines.Notwithstanding this, our findings show that race can be a factor in the mobilization of subcontracted migrant labour through the production of pragmatic (racial) solidarities. These informal ties are a key component in the development of the everyday struggles and alliances that emerge within grass roots worker organisations as well as beyond their boundaries through hybrid forms of collective organisation.

Biofilms and Meat Safety: A Mini-Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
RONG WANG
Keyword(s):  
Foodborne Pathogens ◽  
Biofilm Formation ◽  
Meat Products ◽  
Meat Industry ◽  
Meat Processing ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Meat Safety ◽  
Processing Plants ◽  
High Event ◽  
Multiple Species

ABSTRACT Biofilms are surface-attached microbial communities with distinct properties, which have a tremendous impact on public health and food safety. In the meat industry, biofilms remain a serious concern because many foodborne pathogens can form biofilms in areas at meat plants that are difficult to sanitize properly, and biofilm cells are more tolerant to sanitization than their planktonic counterparts. Furthermore, nearly all biofilms in commercial environments consist of multiple species of microorganisms, and the complex interactions within the community significantly influence the architecture, activity, and sanitizer tolerance of the biofilm society. This review focuses on the effect of microbial coexistence on mixed biofilm formation with foodborne pathogens of major concern in the fresh meat industry and their resultant sanitizer tolerance. The factors that would affect biofilm cell transfer from contact surfaces to meat products, one of the most common transmission routes that could lead to product contamination, are discussed as well. Available results from recent studies relevant to the meat industry, implying the potential role of bacterial persistence and biofilm formation in meat contamination, are reviewed in response to the pressing need to understand the mechanisms that cause “high event period” contamination at commercial meat processing plants. A better understanding of these events would help the industry to enhance strategies to prevent contamination and improve meat safety.

Family Responsibilities and Silence of Rural Migrant Workers in China: The Role of Town-Fellow Organizations

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-236
Author(s):  
Fang Yuan ◽  
Fang Lee Cooke ◽  
Teng Zhong ◽  
Fansuo An
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Institutional Actor ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Dependent Elderly

Employee voice in China remains an under-researched topic from an industrial relations perspective. We investigated the relationship between family dependents (children and elderly) and migrant worker silence, with town-fellow organizations as a moderator, based on the data of the 2014 Guangdong Migrant Workers Survey. The findings reveal that migrant workers with dependent children are more likely to keep silent when their labour rights and interests are violated at the workplace, while family responsibilities for dependent elderly family members do not have significant impacts on migrant workers’ silence. In addition, town-fellow organizations weaken the association between family responsibilities for elderly dependents and silence. Our study contributes to the existing literature on employee voice and provides evidence on the role of town-fellow organizations in China as an informal, emerging institutional actor that regulates labour relations through their involvement in dispute resolution.

scholarly journals BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES IN PROCESSING OF SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS OF MEAT INDUSTRY

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (30) ◽  
pp. 717-724
Author(s):  
E. E. KURCHAEVA ◽  
V. I. MANZHESOV ◽  
I. V. MAKSIMOV ◽  
V. L. PASHCHENKO ◽  
S. Y. CHURIKOVA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Meat Products ◽  
Starter Cultures ◽  
Farm Animals ◽  
Processed Meat ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Meat Industry ◽  
Meat Processing ◽  
Processing Plants

The radical change in the quality of the processed meat raw materials, which does not meet the standards, calls for the necessity to apply biotechnology methods in order to improve the quality and obtain high nutritional and biological value of manufactured products in compliance with the requirements set for functional food. The use of starter cultures to perform biomodification of cattle by-products makes it possible to provide the rationale for the use of low-value secondary meat raw materials in order to expand the manufacturing range and increase the economic efficiency of meat-processing plants. This article aims to, first, review the approaches towards the development of new forms of biologically complete and environmentally safe sources of raw materials to increase the economic efficiency and reduce costs at meat-processing plants of the agro-industrial complex of the Central Black Earth region and, second, to substantiate the selection and purposefully apply bifidobacteria as part of the consortium for biotransformation of proteins of the rumen of farm animals. As a result of the research, the technology of rumen modification was suggested aimed at its further use as part of meat products, primarily, minced convenience meat products. The article data can be used to develop manufacturing formulas at meat-processing plants and also be useful for process engineers and scientists working in the food industry.

scholarly journals The Structural Invisibility of Outsiders: The Role of Migrant Labour in the Meat-Processing Industry

Sociology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Lever ◽  
Paul Milbourne
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Meat Processing ◽  
Spatial Processes ◽  
Flexible Work ◽  
Work Patterns ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
The Uk

This article examines the role of migrant workers in meat-processing factories in the UK. Drawing on materials from mixed methods research in a number of case study towns across Wales, we explore the structural and spatial processes that position migrant workers as outsiders. While state policy and immigration controls are often presented as a way of protecting migrant workers from work-based exploitation and ensuring jobs for British workers, our research highlights that the situation ‘on the ground’ is more complex. We argue that ‘self-exploitation’ among the migrant workforce is linked to the strategies of employers and the organisation of work, and that hyper-flexible work patterns have reinforced the spatial and social invisibilities of migrant workers in this sector. While this creates problems for migrant workers, we conclude that it is beneficial to supermarkets looking to supply consumers with the regular supply of cheap food to which they have become accustomed.

Language, employment, and settlement: Temporary meat workers in Australia

Multilingua ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Piller ◽  
Loy Lising
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
English Language ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Meat Processing ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
And Migration

AbstractAustralia is one of the world’s largest beef exporters. However, meat processing jobs are widely considered undesirable and are increasingly filled with employer-sponsored migrant workers on temporary long-stay visas. Against this background, our paper explores the role of language in the employment and migration trajectories of a group of meat processing workers from the Philippines in a small town in rural Australia. Methodologically, we employ a case study approach combining macro-data from language and migration policy documents and media reports with micro-data from ethnographic fieldwork. We explore the role of language in recruitment, in the workplace, during leisure time, and in gaining permanent residence in Australia. To begin with, language is not a recruitment criterion as the primary visa holder is hired on the basis of a so-called ‘trade test,’ i.e., observed at butchering work in the Philippines by an Australian recruiter. Spouses of the primary visa holder are also issued a temporary visa and are offered unskilled employment in the same plant. Once in Australia, the participants had few opportunities to practice English at work or in the community. In this way, temporary migrants came to Australia with limited English and had limited opportunities to improve their English in the country. However, visa extensions or the conversion of their temporary visa to a permanent residency visa is contingent upon their English language proficiency and only granted if they achieve a score of Level 5 or above on the IELTS (International English Language Testing System). Because of their limited education and limited practice opportunities, this proficiency level was out of the reach of most of our participants. We conclude by arguing that – in a context where

scholarly journals Traceability to ensure food safety and consumer protection as typified by case studies of three meat processing plants

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-249
Author(s):  
M. Stanisławek ◽  
D. Miarka ◽  
H. Kowalska ◽  
J. Kowalska
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Computer System ◽  
Processing Plant ◽  
Meat Industry ◽  
Meat Processing ◽  
Traceability System ◽  
Processing Plants ◽  
System Functioning ◽  
Paper Documentation ◽  
Internal Procedures

Ensuring food safety is a legal obligation of the manufacturer or of the entity that places the product on sale. Traceability is one of the tools that are used to ensure food safety. It allows the withdrawal of a dangerous or non-compliant product from the market and determines the source of a threat. The aim of the study was to compare the functioning and effectiveness of traceability systems in selected approved meat industry plants. The system functioning in a large meat processing plant, in which the circulation of documents was implemented in a computer system, was compared with two smaller ones, in which paper documentation was carried out, but supported by a computer system. In these plants, the traceability system was based on internal procedures. Properly developed traceability procedures and simulations support and enable response in a crisis. Computer systems streamline and facilitate the traceability process. However, the comparative analysis showed that the use of paper records allowed for efficient identification of the source of the threat. The possibility of performing product traceability was confirmed in these plants. Internal markings and codes and documentation flow, staff training, and awareness proved helpful.

scholarly journals Registered Interest: Industrial Reglations and the 'Neglect Deimension' of Registration in the Meat and Waterfront Industries

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Curtis ◽  
James Reveley
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Relations ◽  
World Market ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Specific Form ◽  
Meat Processing ◽  
Small State ◽  
Employment Contracts ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Registration Scheme

Despite the centrality of registers to the arbitration system in New Zealand, very little work has been done on the role of registers in state-society relationships, and in the structuration of actors and interests in specific industries. This paper uses registers in examining the industrial relations processes and outcomes in two major industries - meat processing and the waterfront which historically have been central to NZ as a small state in a world market. Our paper focuses on what we call the 'neglected dimension' of registration – registration systems that operated outside the industrial relations (i.e. arbitration) system per se, but had considerable industrial relations consequences. Our argument is that in the meat and waterfront industries these registers were as important, if not more important, for industrial relations than the conventional arbitration system registers, surviving both changes in technology and the law. The focus will thus be on the 'unintended consequences' of the specific form of registration scheme that was institutionalised by the State in each industry. Further, in each case, the unintended consequences were central to attempts by state actors to reform the industries. Pressures to reform industrial relations practices in these industries were intertwined with the abolition .of the industry-specific registration schemes. As a result, reform of industrial relations hinged on developments other than the Employment Contracts Act 1991.

He Could Be Undocumented: Striving to Be Sensitive to Student Documentation Status in a Rural Community

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily R. Crawford ◽  
Sarah L. Hairston
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
School Principal ◽  
Meat Processing ◽  
Secondary School Principal ◽  
Documentation Status ◽  
Processing Plants ◽  
Short Time

This case study takes place in a Midwestern, politically conservative rural community shortly after a highly contested presidential election. Like other communities, Paisano has experienced demographic change in a relatively short time. Meat processing plants and construction jobs proliferate, attracting migrant workers. One day, secondary school Principal Kate Robertson notices a sign that reads, “Illegal aliens are TERRORISTS. Deport them!” Rumors that immigration enforcement authorities are in the community have started circulating. A parent soon removes her son from school, and he does not return. Principal Robertson seeks information about the family but hesitates to draw attention to their potential lack of legal status.

Methodical guidelines on the control of fasciolosis in cattle in the Kaluga region

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-116
Author(s):  
A.M. Ustinov ◽  
R.T. Safiullin ◽  
R.R. Safiullin
Keyword(s):  
Infected Animal ◽  
Fasciola Hepatica ◽  
Adult Stage ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Dosage Forms ◽  
Pond Snail ◽  
Meat Processing ◽  
Processing Plants ◽  
Causative Agents ◽  
Kaluga Region

Information is provided on the causative agents of fasciolosis and the developmental biology of Fasciola hepatica. Fasciolosis of cattle is widespread in the conditions of the Kaluga Region and the Central Federal District on farms of different forms of ownership. The greatest number of F. hepatica eggs in 1 g of feces in cattle is established in JSC "Iskra" - 175,4 specimens, the lowest - in the samples from cows from private farms - 87,6 sp. At the opening slaughter of cattle at meat processing plants region and slaughterhouses invasion of their fasciolae was 34.8%. The average number fascial one infected animal was 32.1 specimens, including adult - and larval specimens of 25.2 and 6.9 copies At veterinary-sanitary expertise and helminthological autopsy of the liver, gallbladder and bile ducts installed year-round invasion fasciolae mainly in the adult stage. Young animals of the current year are infected with fasciola in the pasture massly in August-September, and the extent of invasion in November was 4.3%, for winter-stabling months an average of 12.6%, in March - 17.9% and in April after de-worming - 5.9%.The data obtained in the study of the distribution of the small pond has shown that in the Kaluga region these mollusks are widespread. In this case, the invasion of the small pond snail by larval forms of fasciolae in different years has its own peculiarities, which are influenced by climatic factors.The different dosage forms of clozantel - Rolenol and Santel and Genamectin with mixed fascioliasis and hypodermatosis of bovine in the recommended dose against subcutaneous gadfly larvae - provided 100% efficacy. The tested dosage forms of clozantel are similar in effectiveness against subcutaneous gadfly larvae (EE-100%) and fasciol (EE-95 and 90%, IE-97.4 and 96.3%).The therapeutic and economic effectiveness of complex domestic preparations of Helmicide and Fascocida in spontaneous fascioliasis of cattle is studied.

Identification of antibiotics in meat. Flow cytometry capabilities

Vsyo o myase ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 56-60
Author(s):  
Zayko E.V. ◽  
◽  
Kuznetsova O.A. ◽  
Bataeva D.S. ◽  
Grudistova M.A. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Flow Cytometer ◽  
Poultry Meat ◽  
Meat Processing ◽  
Beta Lactams ◽  
Antimicrobial Substances ◽  
Chemotherapy Drugs ◽  
Processing Plants ◽  
Meat Samples

The problem of the uncontrolled use of antibiotics currently remains unresolved. Step-by-step monitoring of meat using modern methods will reduce the risk of using contaminated meat raw materials for food production. Qualitative monitoring will identify samples containing residual antimicrobial substances. The use of methods for identifying groups of antibiotics will help narrow the search for antibiotics by expensive chromatographic methods. A study was carried out of beef, pork and poultry meat, which is used in meat processing plants in the production of raw smoked sausages, using two methods. At the first stage, using a qualitative microbiological method, the raw meat was evaluated for the presence of antimicrobial substances, then their group was determined using a NovoCyte flow cytometer. According to the results of a study on a flow cytometer, it was found that out of 10 groups of antibiotics that can be determined by the tested method, the group of lincosamides was not found in all meat samples. The most common groups of chemotherapy drugs in pork were sulfonamides – 29.6 %, tetracycline group – 18.5 % and beta-lactams – 14.8 %, and in beef aminoglycosides – 36.7 %, phenicols – 30 % and beta-lactams – 13.3 %. In poultry meat samples, the most common were sulfonamides – 23.2 %, fenicols – 23.2 %, and beta-lactams – 16 %. Five groups of antibiotics were found in all studied types of meat: fenicols, β-lactams, macrolides, polypeptide antibiotics, and quinolones. This indicates their widespread use in animal husbandry and poultry farming.

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