Abstract
For the food security and food sovereignty of each country, the meat sector plays a determinant role. Nonetheless, on the other hand, to mitigate the carbon impacts, some national and international institutions suggest reductions in meat production and consumption. This chapter proposes to highlight the evolution of this sector after the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from Eurostat were considered over the period January 2017 – September 2022 for the following variables related to slaughtering in slaughterhouses in the European Union countries: bovine meat, pig meat, meat of sheep and goats, and poultry meat. The greatest average values for the European Union context over the period considered were found for the pig meat, followed by the poultry meat, bovine meat, and meat of sheep and goats, respectively. The pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict seem to have reduced implications here.