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Thousands of cattle are slaughtered each day at large processing plants in Canada to meet a growing demand for meat around the world.

Some critics suggest those higher volumes may be a factor behind the current recall of meat from the XL Foods plant in Brooks, Alta.

The CBC's Kim Trynacity takes a look at that issue in this report. .

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