Meat production and consumption

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food. Generally, this means the skeletal muscle and associated fat and other tissues. Meat is often used to represent a more restrictive portion of mammalian flesh from species such as pigs, cattle, and lambs that have been raised and prepared for human consumption and which excludes fish and other seafood, poultry, and other animals. The consumption of meat has several traditions and rituals associated with it in different cultures such as kosher and halal. As such, meat production is generally regulated by state authorities as well...