ABSTRACT

Abstract ....................................................................................................226 9.1 Overview of Indian Livestock Industry ........................................226 9.2 Organized Sector of the Indian Livestock Industry..........................227 9.3 Challenges of the Unorganized Sector ..........................................229 9.4 Conditions of Indian Slaughterhouses for Domestic Supply ........234 9.5 Statistical Overview of Indian Livestock Industry .......................235 9.6 Existing Laws and Regulations in India with Respect to the

Livestock Industry.........................................................................236 9.7 Establishing Quality Parameters of Meat in the

Unorganized Sector .......................................................................239 Keywords .................................................................................................245 References ................................................................................................245

VISHVA MARU and VAIJAYANTI V. RANADE*