Abstract
Meat consumption has increased significantly in the last 50 years. This trend raises various health and environmental issues, as well as moral concerns regarding farm animal welfare. In this paper, we discuss the regulation of meat consumption in developed countries. Specifically, we discuss possible justifications for this regulation in terms of environmental, health and animal welfare considerations, as well as the effect of fiscal, informational and behavioral regulatory instruments. Finally, we present a list of challenges that policy makers and food scholars may need to confront in the future.
Keywords
Meat consumption; Regulation; Health; Environment; Climate change; Animal welfare;
JEL codes
- Q11: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis • Prices
- Q52: Pollution Control Adoption Costs • Distributional Effects • Employment Effects
- H31: Household
Replaces
Céline Bonnet, Zohra Bouamra-Mechemache, Vincent Réquillart, and Nicolas Treich, “Viewpoint: Regulating meat consumption to improve health, the environment and animal welfare”, TSE Working Paper, n. 21-1180, January 2021.
Reference
Céline Bonnet, Zohra Bouamra-Mechemache, Vincent Réquillart, and Nicolas Treich, “Viewpoint: Regulating meat consumption to improve health, the environment and animal welfare”, Food Policy, vol. 97, n. 101847, December 2020.
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Food Policy, vol. 97, n. 101847, December 2020