MEAT ATLAS - Facts and figures about the animals we eat 2021

FOR DOWNLOADS Heinrich Böll Stiftung, www.eu.boell.org/meatatlas Friends of the Earth Europe, www.friendsoftheearth.eu/meatatlas-2021 2021 MEAT ATLAS Facts and figures about the animals we eat 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS 16 MERCOSUR TRADING AWAY THE ENVIRONMENT The Association Agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur countries raises concerns with regards to meat and feed, as well as the r. [...] Although poultry in Southeast Asia with the emergence of bird flu in the vast majority of meat stays in the country where it is 1997, and the complete collapse of British beef exports in produced, the share traded internationally is growing the 1990s after the spread of BSE in the United Kingdom, steadily. [...] The Sustainability Impact Assessment, published by the limited influence on Mercosur’s forest protection policies EUROPE – NOT THE CENTRE OF THE MERCOSUR WORLD 43.3 Mercosur member countries’ foreign trade: share of food- and feed-related exports to the EU and the world, percent of total trade, 2019 5.3 commodities food and feed exports to the EU exports to EU exports to the world 35.3 food and fe. [...] negative effects on the climate and the environment have Poultry remains the fastest-growing sector in the meat made meat one of the most problematic consumer goods industry. [...] The boom in the German meat industry is rooted feat for the workers, demands for better labour rights, social in the shift in production from Denmark and the Nether- rights and secure residence are still on the table.