to control, Europe and Japan restrict the use of
antibiotics in animals.
Humane Meat Production
To many people, the mass production of
livestock is itself undesirable. In a series of
legislative acts and executive orders dating
back to 1978, Switzerland has mandated that
producers accommodate the needs of their
animals for such things as living space, access
to the outdoors, and natural light, and limit
the size of herds and flocks. The European
Union is also adopting animal welfare
guidelines for meat production, and producers
in a number of countries have grouped
together to establish and monitor their own
voluntary guidelines.
Mass production has certainly made meat a
more affordable food than it would be
otherwise. But because we raise meat animals
in order to eat them, it seems only just that we