Journal
MEAT SCIENCE
Volume 192, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2022.108893
Keywords
Animal welfare; Citizen; Consumer; Environment; Novel technologies; Social license
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- CNPq (National Council for Scien-tific and Technological Development, Brazil) [304968/2019-6]
- FAPESC (Foundation of Innovation of the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil)
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This article provides an overview of meat production and consumption in Brazil, reviews the scientific literature on Brazilian public attitudes towards meat production and consumption, and discusses measures being taken to develop more sustainable production systems.
Brazil is a main global producer, exporter, and consumer of farm animal products. Information about the knowledge and attitudes of Brazilian citizens and consumers towards the different dimensions of meat production sustainability can support policy discussions and guide the industry to adopt production systems compatible with societal expectations. Here we provide a historical, social, and economic overview of meat production and consumption in Brazil, review the scientific literature on Brazilian public attitudes towards meat production and consumption, and discuss some actions Brazil is taking to develop more sustainable production systems. We show that Brazilians expect affordable meat products with high organoleptic, sanitary, nutritional qualities and produced under high ethical standards. The pace of discussions and changes in policies and in meat production systems needs to accelerate to follow domestic and international demands and the changes in ethical expectations of society. Constructive dialogue between all interested stakeholders, including citizens and consumers, needs to be fostered to design more sustainable meat production systems.
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