Sanitizing meat and poultry plants must be done, but it can be perilous.
An ever-present prospect of workers improperly using or mixing chemicals may have severe consequences. Ramifications range from burns and blisters to the skin, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, throat and lungs to dizziness, headaches, blurred vision, breathing difficulties, nausea, vomiting, pulmonary and/or pharyngeal edema, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and contact dermatitis, analysts say.