Perdue Farms Consumer Safety

United States legal system. The only federal law that protects farmed animals comes during their transportation and slaughter. The law requires that vehicles that transport these animals should stop after every 28 hours to allow them food water and rest (Hocquette et al 1537). However this law is rarely practiced and in most cases does not apply to birds. Livestock Slaughter Act is another insensible act that excludes birds (1537). Lack of strict laws and regulations have poised threats to farmed animals in the US which has affected the general population’s health. In principality the economic system in the United States is privately owned. The mixed economy in the United States is often referred to as free enterprise system which relies heavily on government funding and public ownership as the sole means of production. The mixed economy in the US has given Perdue Farms the freedom of occupationet al 1545). Kantianism is the ethical theory applied in this analysis; the ethical theory e...