Source: POLITICO'S MORNING AGRICULTURE, 2/22/18

Some of the U.S.'s biggest meat plants are dealing with undetected hygiene failures that could make consumers sick, a new series published by The Guardian found. Experts are calling the number of incidents "deeply worrying." A variety of advocacy groups - from labor to animal rights - are pushing for better practices.

Here's a breakdown: An analysis of unpublished government records, the series says, shows numerous situations where companies were reprimanded for having diseased and dirty meat in production lines. One case, for example, included meat destined for human consumption found with fecal matter and pus. 

The liberal-leaning Guardian may not win fans in the meat industry: the project set out to investigate "issues around modern factory farming, food production and animal cruelty."