The Role of Animal-Source Foods in Sustainable, Ethical, and Optimal Human Diets

Bruyn, Julia de; Bagnol, Brigitte; Chan, H.H.; Grace, Delia; Mitchell, Marisa E.V.; Nunn, M; Wingett, Kate; Wong, Johanna T.; Alders, Robyn

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“…Animal source foods, including meat and offal, are energy and nutrient dense foods, rich in protein and micronutrients, including iron, zinc and vitamin B12, in high bioavailable forms (Murphy and Allen, 2003;Drewnowski and Fulgoni, 2008;De Bruyn et al, 2020;Beal and Ortenzi, 2022). Globally, food-based dietary guidelines include animal-source foods as part of a healthy diet (Food and Agricultural Organization, 2021a).…”

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Quantifying pre-consumer food and nutrient losses from the Australian lamb and sheep meat value chain: a case study

Wingett,

Alders

2024

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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To achieve sustainable development, United Nation members have agreed to reduce food loss along the pre-consumer food supply chain. Food loss and waste is a significant challenge facing Australia and the world, with an estimated one third of all food produced locally being lost or wasted. Globally, Australia is the second largest producer of sheep meat and, locally in Australia sheep meat is the second largest meat industry. Previous assessments of Australian livestock industries estimate low levels of food product losses from the sheep meat chain. This case study aimed to quantify nutrient losses at the point of slaughter of Australian lambs and sheep, using a mass balance approach with secondary data. The results from this study align with this previous assessment with respect to the level of products and nutrients downgraded at the point of slaughter, except for the impact of cadmium contamination on adult sheep liver and kidney downgrades. In turn, cadmium contamination emerged as a key contributor to micronutrient losses, notably dietary folate equivalents, and vitamin A retinol equivalents (RE). There was moderate to high uncertainty in the outputs of the assessment, predominantly due to the absence of data. Addressing these challenges, particularly the absence of offal production data, is crucial as it influences the overall accuracy of the results. This study identifies areas for improvement in the Australian sheep meat value chain, including data governance, at both the macro and micro levels. It also serves as a foundational step in understanding how reducing food and nutrient losses in the Australian sheep meat value chain could contribute to food security and nutrition goals.

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Quantifying pre-consumer food and nutrient losses from the Australian lamb and sheep meat value chain: a case study

Wingett,

Alders

2024

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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The societal role of meat: the Dublin Declaration with an Australian perspective

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It is clear that the societal role of meat is being challenged with ideological and simplified logic without substantiation from robust data-driven science. With this background, the international summit titled ‘The societal role of meat – what the science says’ was held in Dublin, Ireland, during October 2022, to provide evidence-based evaluations and the Dublin Declaration was signed by over 1000 scientists. In this paper, we provide a synopsis of the summit and then give context for evaluating the societal role of meat in Australia. The key themes of the summit were the essential roles of meat in (1) diet and health, (2) a sustainable environment and (3) society, economics and culture. Evidence clearly showed the role of meat as a nutrient-dense source of high-quality protein and micronutrients that can be safely consumed by humans. Further, the complementary role of livestock in agricultural systems was highlighted with both plant- and animal-based agriculture reliant on each other to maximise the efficient production of food. Thus, from both an Australian and world perspective, very little food considered to be human-edible is fed to livestock. The role of livestock in rural societies across the world was emphasised to underpin regional and national economies, with particular importance in those countries with developing economies to facilitate growing wealth to ‘step out’ of poverty and provide gender equality. Meat production, particularly from ruminants, is a critical part of Australian primary production and it is concluded that the Dublin Declaration is highly relevant to Australia. Finally, concern regarding future funding and organisation of research and extension is discussed. There is a need to continue funding highly collaborative programs that bring a broad range of disciplines together, in conjunction with undergraduate and postgraduate teaching to underpin the social license to operate for meat and livestock production.

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The Role of Animal-Source Foods in Sustainable, Ethical, and Optimal Human Diets

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Quantifying pre-consumer food and nutrient losses from the Australian lamb and sheep meat value chain: a case study

Quantifying pre-consumer food and nutrient losses from the Australian lamb and sheep meat value chain: a case study

The societal role of meat: the Dublin Declaration with an Australian perspective

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