The background to the work bases on the consumers view around Swedish and foreign Meat products, and how the attitude around the Meat products is pursued in the shops. The consumers request high Meat quality and security . Many consumers value local produced and ecological Meat products but the price is too high. We have done verbal interviews with consumers on three different shops, where we asked questions and had dialogues around Swedish Meat products where the consumers have told us their arguments and opinions about Swedish and foreign Meat. The result shows that the majority of consumers consider that it is important to know that Meat is produce in Sweden.

Most of the goats in the world exist in the developing countries where they are important in the Meat industry. In Europe, goats are mostly kept for milk production although the interest for Meat is growing. Goats have a thin carcass with only small amounts of intramuscular fat, which gives a lean Meat. This thin subcutaneous fat cover can cause cold shortening when chilling the carcass. By using electrical stimulation cold shortening can be prevented.

Until the 1st of January 2003 there were thirteen processed Meat products provided with name protection in Sweden. These products had to contain a certain amount of Meat and/or a certain amount of fat to be allowed to carry a recognized name. Among these thirteen products, one could find, for example, Meat balls (köttbullar), liver pâté (leverpastej), and Falun sausage (Falukorv). While imports of these products started to increase, the system with name protection lost its ability to guarantee a certain quality for all products sold in Sweden and the legislation was removed on December 31st 2002. At the same time, a common definition of Meat was adopted in the European Union.

Several studies indicate that Swedish men consume more Meat than women, more frequently appear in advertisements for Meat and more often than women handle the grilling of Meat. Production of Meat is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse-gas emissions and thereby poses a challenge for ecological sustainability. Several Swedish politicians and authorities have argued that reduced Meat consumption is necessary to prevent continued global climate change. To understand and change consumption patterns we need to understand the consumer. This essay uses textual analysis to examine how Swedish men through text and images in three cookbooks use preparation and consumption of Meat to construct different masculinities.

My bachelor thesis deals with how food stores have changed their handling of minced Meat after ICA?s cheating with minced Meat packaging was revealed..

The release of green house gases and the environmental impacts humans have on the environment are huge and might cause irreversible changes to our earth. Meat is considered to have large impacts on the environment, especially beef Meat and therefore there have lately been considerable discussions on the sustainable level of Meat consumption and production. The main goal with this thesis is to study sustainable Meat production and Meat consumption in the county of Dalarna in Sweden. Indicators for sustainable Meat production and Meat consumption were developed and applied on three cases. Interviews were carried out with a municipality in the region that represents the consumer and three beef farmers that represents the producers.

The discovered horse Meat scandal has had great impact in the media and given many question marks as to how consumers should be facing Meat labels. In the survey made lead consumers to ask themselves, whether they think about their consumption of reliable markings discovered at a risk and, if they have changed their consumption habits since discovered horse Meat scandal. The survey was carried out in a grocery store in Karlstad city central, where the results show consistent numbers. People do not like change, and in this case, do not like to change their consumption patterns. The same patterns of consumption before and after the horse Meat scandal reflects the results but with only three respondents exception.

In this study the hygienic quality of minced moose Meat was examined with regard to the prevalence of different bacteria. The methods used are described in NMKL, "Nordic Method Committee for Food". The results show that the levels of Escherichia coli and coagulase positive staphylococci in the Meat are too high. The reason for this might be environmental factors, such as high temperature and humidity during the time when the carcasses are hanging and when the Meat is cut up..

The release of green house gases and the environmental impacts humans have on the environment are huge and might cause irreversible changes to our earth. Meat is considered to have large impacts on the environment, especially beef Meat and therefore there have lately been considerable discussions on the sustainable level of Meat consumption and production. The main goal with this thesis is to study sustainable Meat production and Meat consumption in the county of Dalarna in Sweden. Indicators for sustainable Meat production and Meat consumption were developed and applied on three cases. Interviews were carried out with a municipality in the region that represents the consumer and three beef farmers that represents the producers.

The purpose of this essay is to investigate the subject field of male vegans and masculinities through empirical method interviews and narrative analysis. The starting-point for this essay is animal ethics, feminist ethic vegetarianism and theories that suggest that eating Meat is one part of the social construction of masculinities. The problem formulation is such as follows:How do male vegans construct masculinity? In an attempt to answer such a question there are three problem formulations:What do male vegans think about the connection between manhood and eating Meat?How do male vegans relate to the norms in society?What do male vegans think of stereotype conceptions about vegans?I will come to the conclusion that male vegans think that eating Meat, as well as drinking beer, is one part of the social construction of masculinities. Male vegans are aware of norms in the surroundings and the strong attachment of Meat normativity in the western culture.

Multiple factors are involved in control of beef sensory quality so great variation can be induced. The perception of Meat quality can be affected anywhere in the product chain. Both the environment and the set of genes of the animals have an effect on the final output. A problem facing the beef industry today is the significant variations in Meat quality between individual animals, which is reflected in the uneven quality of the Meat that reaches the consumer. If the quality of Meat in stores varies significantly over time, the consumers? trust may decrease.

There are several reasons why organic chicken production is scarce in Sweden. Lack of slow growing (SG) strains combined with higher production costs, lower Meat-yield and uncertainty of consumers? willingness to pay seems to be the main reasons. EU-legislations imply use of indigenous slow- or medium growing strains in organic production, nevertheless, fast growing (FG) broilers are often used due to their effectiveness. Increased consumption of processed food creates a market for conventionally rearing of very heavy broilers.

Focus of this study was on the underlying values behind consumers buying motives at the point of purchase of Meat products in Sweden. Meat consumption in Sweden has increased and in 2012, almost 50% of all Meat consumed was imported (SJV, 2013). This is the case despite of the fact that consumers frequently state the importance of Swedish country of origin on the Meat products they purchase (www, LRF, 2, 2006). A rising public awareness about health, environmental issues, animal welfare and food safety coupled to Meat consumption and Meat production is scrutinized both from media and consumers. Due to rising concerns of production-methods of Meat, consumers wants to make informed purchasing decisions of the Meat they purchase (BEUC, 2013).

The fact that animals have feelings is something that is commonly agreed. Many authors showhow animals' views of their environment is quite similar with human views. Animals, whichare slaughtered without prior stunning, find the moment of slaughter unpleasant and stressing.This is shown in numerous of scientific studies. The cognitive ability of animals can becompared to how they experience feelings and scientists have shown how the structures in thebrain that involves feelings and cognitive behaviours in animals are very much the same asthe structures in human brains. Because of this, some scientists consider that behaviour inanimals can be directly interpreted into human feelings.Halal- and kosher slaughter comes from traditions.

The quantity of methane emissions from sheep depend on several factors, for example, the composition of the diet, feed quality, the age of the animals, time of the day and maybe also breed and sex. A comprising literature review was made about which factors that affect the size of emissions. In addition, a questionnaire was sent to two farms, one with a more intensive production system and another with a more extensive system. Inventories of the two farms were made; the rest of the data needed to conduct the study was taken from literature and other sources. Meat produced at the more intensive farm caused emissions of 0.4 kg of methane per kg of bone free Meat and the more extensive farm caused emissions of 0.9 kg methane per kg of bone free Meat.