Food Safety Magazine, February/March 2013

ange,” or a farmowned by a smallproducer slaughteringhis own animals andselling locally? Or would amore accurate film show the batshedding feces near a field of broccoli,sickening people consuming fruits andvegetables instead of meat? Is it true that animalwelfare and food safety are trade-offs, or are they insteadcomplements? When we pay more for humane meat,are we also getting safer food or are we accepting greater risk?These are the questions we investigate in the present article.F e b r u a r y • M a r c h 2 0 1 3 47