Meat processing

Can you imagine listening and watching to all those ads about huge, delicious, juicy, mouthwatering burgers, and not being able to eat it, or even think about eating it? It would be horrible, not only is meat delicious, but without it, it can lead to malnutrition. Vegetarianism is dangerous! Meat gives us many of our daily vitamins, iron, minerals, and fats, without them, the human body will not function properly. Vegetarianism is not helping you or your body! Many people become vegetarians for…

demand, Cargill announced it will close a large beef-processing facility in Plainview, Texas, that represents roughly 4 percent of U.S. slaughter capacity.” (Barone, 2013) Finally, the steady decline in meat consumption throughout the United States could be a reason for the decline in beef sales. “For the past decade, cattle ranchers and meat packers watched with despair as America’s beef consumption steadily declined, ceding ground to leaner meats as well as vegetarian trends among the…

source of meat to purchase. While each of these stakeholders have unique values, each comes at a cost. Owners/shareholders Owners and shareholders value profits and income. They value this so much; the processes they implement are solely for this benefit. One such example of would be the Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation division of Cargill Meats. In 2005, Cargill Meats created a subdivision primarily focused on meat production. To implement this, Cargill built a new meat processing plant in…

suffer from eating meat but so does the animals. Meat companies have no mercy towards their animals, which are only brought into this world to be slaughtered a couple of months later. Sadly, the environment suffers just as much as the animals when it comes to meat production and animal-based product productions. Meat represents an unsustainable food source in this world. Huge amounts of waste of water and space go into appeasing the American population’s hunger for meat. Raising animals…

Physicality making you stronger and more fit than the average human being. It is also believed ethically it is wrong to kill other animals. The vegan diet is also perceived by many to be better for the environment opposed to an average diet that contains meat. Even though the diet…

Ariana Grande. Jared Leto. Carrie Underwood. These musicians have all made the switch to leading a vegan lifestyle. In Hollywood, this trend is becoming huge. It’s nearly impossible to scroll down on popular social media sites without seeing some type of new vegan drink or food. Celebrities frequently talk about these kinds of diets as means of weight loss, or as a healthier way to live. Others use veganism as a way to show solidarity with animal rights activists. Whatever the reason may be,…

vegetarian, this is because they do not fully understand what being vegan truly entails. The difference between being vegan and being vegetarian, is being vegetarian means that they still include animal byproducts in their diet; however, they cut out the meat aspect. The use of the word vegan is first documented in November of 1944…

Abstract Slaughterhouses in the United States of America support the economy while at the same time providing meat supplements to the local and international markets. Despite the social and economic benefits of slaughterhouses, it should be noted that slaughterhouses in the United States are considered to be one of the riskiest workplaces on earth (Grandin & Deesing, 2008). The study embarked on establishing the factors that make slaughterhouses to be the riskiest work places in the world and…

Kelsi Applewhite ANSC 3390-Processed Meats Fall 2015 Exam II Due on or before Tuesday December 8th by 5:00pm— Email typed answers to tanner.machado@tamuk.edu 1. (20 pts) Cooking is cooking. Describe what happens to water in meat products as the meat is cooked, and also describe why you need to understand the dimensions (width x length x height) of your meat product to understand cooking times. Provide at least 2 examples of products with different dimensions and how they are impacted. a.…

work that spilled into broader political fights for the rights of workers. From the Civil War until the 1920s Chicago was the country’s largest meatpacking center and the acknowledged headquarters of the industry, leading all other cities in meat processing and packing. “It was able to do so because most Midwestern farmers…