The meat industry today is no longer what it was almost a century ago. Although improvements are thought to have been made, an ever-changing society has brought with it new problems that have added to existing ones. While these issues are not like those found in The Jungle, they are parallel in exposing what is happening in the meat industry; new regulations would be the answer to the problems identified. The increased demand for meat has made it a rushed and changed production rather than a means of raising livestock for consumers. Taking into consideration the demand for low-cost meat that will be used in quick and high-demand products such as frozen foods and fast foods, this demand for meat has significantly skyrocketed. Animals whose sole purpose is the public consumption of their meat have become nothing more than a simple input into a productivity function. The days when naturally, free-range fed cattle were the source of meat are now long gone and a manufacturing company has been founded in their place. This new type of processed meat has changed the norms in the farming world towards mass production and limited storage. Natural meat grown without all these new initiatives is now a rarity. The ways in which natural meat gets to the table is limited to organic meat, which is expensive and difficult to find. The meat industry needs stricter livestock regulations in order to improve the quality of the meat placed on the market because the ones currently in force are not adequate enough and need improvement. The mandate for this claim, unlike others similar to the livestock regulations, is not based on animal rights, although an important issue, it is not the one at issue with the request. The real mandate is to improve regulation...... middle of paper...... Retrieved November 4, 2010, from the Research Library. (Document ID: 1675060011).Rose, M., Garmyn, A., Hilton, G., Morgan, J., & VanOverbeke, D.. (2010). Comparison of Tenderness, Palatability, and Retail Shelf Life of Improved Subprimal Cows with Selected Unimproved and Subprimal Cows by the United States Department of Agriculture1. Journal of Animal Science, 88(11), 3683-3692. Retrieved November 9, 2010, from Research Library. (Document ID: 2183176191). Taylor, V., Misra, M., & Mukherjee, S.. (2009). Is red meat consumption a risk factor for breast cancer in premenopausal women? Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 117(1), 1-8. Retrieved November 23, 2010, from Research Library. (Document ID: 1832474621).United States: Downer Cows: The Beef Business. (2008, March). The Economist, 386(8569), 52. Retrieved November 4, 2010, from the Research Library. (Document ID: 1440248301).