Global meat exports have shown an increase of 40% over the last decade (USDA, 2013); placing production at 303.9 million tons in 2012 and where pork protein participates with 37%, poultry by 34.4% and bovine with a figure close to 22% (Echavarri, 2012).The price is a key factor that has...

On 16 June 2003, the United States requested consultations with Mexico concerning its definitive anti-dumping measures on beef and long grain white rice as well as certain provisions of Mexico’s Foreign Trade Act and its Federal Code of Civil Procedure.

While safety interventions are applied on different stages of the beef chain, consumer acceptance remains largely uninvestigated and undiscussed though often taken for granted. In this study, European consumer acceptance of beef safety-enhancing interventions was investigated at three key stages...