Viewpoint: Regulating meat consumption to improve health, the environment and animal welfare

Publication date: Available online 21 February 2020Source: Food PolicyAuthor(s): Céline Bonnet, Zohra Bouamra-Mechemache, Vincent Réquillart, Nicolas TreichAbstractMeat consumption has increased significantly in the last 50 years. This trend raises various health and environmental issues, as well as moral concerns regarding farm animal welfare. In this paper, we discuss the regulation of meat consumption in developed countries. Specifically, we discuss possible justifications for this regulation in terms of environmental, health and animal welfare considerations, as well as the effect of fiscal, informational and behavioral regulatory instruments. Finally, we present a list of challenges that policy makers and food scholars may need to confront in the future.
Source: Food Policy - Category: Food Science Source Type: research