The word meat is also used by the meat packing industry in a more restrictive sense -- the flesh of mammalian species -LRB- pigs , cattle , etc. -RRB- raised and prepared for human consumption , to the exclusion of fish and poultry .

In the meat processing industry , -LRB- in some countries -RRB- the word `` meat '' is to mean only the flesh of mammalian species such as pigs , cattle , etc. but does not include fish , poultry , and eggs .
