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The already-breakneck speed of chicken slaughter lines leads to botched slaughters and abusive handling by workers who can't kill quickly enough, according to the USDA's own inspection records. Inspectors have documented chickens missing the kill blade and being scalded to death in tanks of hot water and having their legs or wings cut off by the beheading machine while alive and fully conscious. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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November 26, 2017 5:01 am