Consumers, Meat and Animal Products: Policies, Regulations and Marketing

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Safety and the industry -- Introduction -- Providing safe products and food safety -- The meat industry -- Part II: Concerns about animal production facilities -- Producing beef, dairy, and pork products -- The production of chickens -- Wild and farm-raised seafood -- The humane treatment of food animals -- Providing animals sufficient space -- Part III: Consumer information on inputs -- Objecting to antibiotics -- Controversies with hormones -- Health concerns with beta agonist feed additives -- Pesticides used in animal production -- Selective breeding and animal cloning -- Labeling genetically engineered plants and animals -- Part IV: Marketing and social issues -- Providing information on production practices and inputs -- Organic products -- Locally grown products -- Animal waste management -- Nuisances and product disparagement -- Conclusion.