Sheep meat commercialization in the retail market in Brazilian cities

Abstract

This paper explored the mix market characteristics of sheep meat as a product for sale in different cities in the states of São Paulo and Paraná. For this, 81 products were purchased in 21 outlets sampled in a "non-probabilistic" manner for convenience and then subjected to analysis of yield of meat, bone, and fat. Imported products represented 20% of the total, being marketed in hypermarkets. It was observed that 37% of the total products were obtained in hypermarkets, 31% in supermarkets, 23% in butcher shops, and 8.6% in meat outlets. Almost 9% of the products had not undergone the official slaughter inspection system. The main types of products identified were palettes and legs with bones (33.3 and 24.7%, respectively); however, only 25% were satisfactorily displayed to consumers. The yields obtained in meat and deboned portions were 74% and 59% of the total weight, significantly affecting the average adjusted sales prices of the products, respectively

Structure and concentration of the global sheep meat market

“…In countries with social value-oriented systems, sheep breeding for meat production is influenced by customs and the family to maintain traditional routines in rural environments (Viana and Waquil, 2013), in particular, those least-developed countries and regions that rely heavily on small-scale grazing systems for local consumption (Dell' Angelo et al, 2017), such as Central American countries and African regions. In some cases, sheep meat is offered to consumers in the markets without official inspection, allowing for negative experiences that do not stimulate consumption, e.g., Brazil (Firetti et al, 2018).…”

“…Sheep meat production is reported in 188 countries, and this meat is primarily consumed on special occasions (de Andrade et al, 2016) and for religious purposes, e.g., the Muslim population (Montossi et al, 2013). In 2017, more than 567 million sheep were slaughtered around the world (FAO, 2019), and sheep meat is an important product in the global meat market (Hejazi et al, 2019), with an expanding demand satisfied by imported meat (Firetti et al, 2018). For decades, Australia and New Zealand have been the major players in the global sheep export market (Boutonnet, 1999;Colby, 2015), and China the major importer (Colby, 2015), as a result of bilateral free-trade agreements with Australia in 2015, with New Zealand in 2008, and with Chile in 2003, reducing its dependence on imports from other counties (Hejazi et al, 2019).…”

Physicochemical and sensory characterization of meat from lambs subjected to feeding restrictions

“…Commercialization occurs predominantly in the form of commercial cuts (Firetti et al, 2018). In this context, the production of meat largely depends on the growth and development of the animals, which results in the growth of body tissues (Cunha et al, 2008).…”