Meat packing industry

Dog meat has been considered a traditional dish in Vietnam for a long time, and eating dog has been believed to be a way to preserve the national culture and to bring good luck as well (Arthurs, 2001). Currently, however, many animal lovers, animal rights activists and organizations all over the world have been concerned about whether this is an unsound and a barbarian custom that needs eliminating or not. For example, in the United States and Europe, people can treat dogs and cats as part of…

Omer Alamin Env. Science Mrs. Mao Science Fair Report Scientifically, humans have been omnivores for several thousand years, with the earliest of humans were relying on hunting wildlife for their fix of protein and foraging to complete the diet. Meat was consumed infrequently in those days, but today it is consumed in alarming amounts by people around the world with its commercial availability that has proven to take a toll on human health and livelihood. This report aims to introduce Meatless…

Growing up in rural North Dakota, it was not an uncommon practice for farmers to put down sick or severely injured animals, whether it was a deer hit by a car or a cow with severe pneumonia. The idea is it is inhumane to allow animals to suffer, and in fact, not many people would actively condone the suffering of any living being; however, human and animal suffering is usually not seen as equivalent. Human life, often considered as intrinsically more valuable, is given much more consideration in…

What is a Bully Stick and what's inside? The study had another interesting fact, many dog owners had no idea what the bully sticks were actually made. Bully sticks are made of beef Pizzle, which is a nice way of saying the male organ of a bull. They are dried or baked in the oven or by themselves and are available in a huge variety of shapes and sizes of long sticks 3 meters intertwined rings and pretzels Braided Pizzle are the most durable and therefore more expensive varieties bully stick…

Up to this day, most of the people still keep a little amount of food on the road prior to their journey, so that the King of the Road will eat their sacrifice and let them travel safe and sound. Some say people make sacrifices to the road to recall that the monster is still there and that he can grow at any time and start to eat up human beings again. Others state that it is a type of prayer that his form should never come back again to frighten our lives. In this story everything is…

Introduction Lameness is among the most prevelant and cosly of clinical disease etc. Understanding the problem Cattle Foot & lameness In order to enable humans to stand and walk about freely men protect their feet by wearing shoes. Similar the horny shoe of the cow empowers the animal to carry its own body-weight and to move from one place to another. The shoe, therefore, must be intact and have a good bearing (or supporting) surface. They should not be worn out or have a missing heel.…

Reading 8.10 Discussion Question (p.524) Question: 1.In 1993, Jack-in-the-Box adopted tougher standards for its meat suppliers than those required by the federal government so that suppliers test more frequently for E. coli. Could Jack-in-the-Box have done more before the outbreak occurred? 2.The link between cooking to a 155-degree internal temperature and the destruction of E. coli bacteria had been publicly known for five years at the time of the outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and…

that people do not wish to discuss. Consumers increasingly want to push slaughterhouses out of sight and out of mind, and slaughterhouse companies have been happy to oblige (Fitzgerald, 2010). We know that there is a readily supply of all types of meat, yet we turn a blind eye to think of what the animal has gone through in order for us to eat…

popular meat products throughout the world. Production of dry cured sausage is an important part of the meat industry. Its production process comprises blending the meat with curing ingredients, flavoring and coloring agents in order to accomplish an acceptable product with respect to sensory and technological properties. Nitrite / nitrate is a key ingredient which is employed in meat products for curing. Nitrite plays the following roles: 1- It contributes the development of typical cured meat…

Age of puberty attainment in beef cattle is an important aspect for producers. This is because age at puberty is a key factor for a heifer’s lifetime reproductive performance. Beef cattle management programs aim for heifers to conceive by two years of age, but this can be a challenge when producing Bos indicus cattle. Puberty attainment in Bos indicus cattle is considerably lengthier than Bos taurus cattle, with the age at first calving typically being 40 months or more (Nogueira, 2003).…