A MODEL OF SUSTAINABLE BREEDING IN EUROPE – PART 1: Meat, nutrition and health

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In Europe, livestock farming is at the heart of the public debate. The EU livestock model faces enormous challenges to ensure its economic viability while adapting to increasing societal and environmental demands. The European consumption model is often questioned. Europeans position themselves as one of the highest in the world as far as the consumption of animal products per capita is concerned. European consumption’s reduction of animal products is a widely asked and controversial question in Europe. There are many points of debate on meat consumption: health, nutritional and sanitary aspects; the environmental and climatic impact of production; animal products and competition for resources in a context of strong demographic growth; ethics and animal welfare; etc…

The questions and controversies surrounding meat consumption must be clarified to build a coherent policy framework at the European level.