#Act4 FarmAnimals The European Parliamentary Research Services recently published a comprehensive briefing on the EU pig meat sector that is meant to inform MEPs and their assistants. Animal welfare and environmental degradation feature prominently among the issues to be urgently addressed. European pig sector suffering from animal welfare and environmental problems, says research by European Parliament 15 September 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals A new opinion by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) identified 30 hazards, most of them related to stunning and bleeding, that impact the welfare of pigs at slaughter. EFSA (finally) affirms that CO2 stunning is incompatible with pig welfare at slaughter 17 June 2020 Eurogroup for Animals