#Act4 Equines The European Commission carried out an audit of facilities in Argentina and Uruguay that produce horse meat for the EU market, in order to monitor the implementation and enforcement of EU legislation in the areas of food safety and animal health and welfare. The results reveal serious concerns regarding traceability and animal health. Serious shortcomings revealed by audit of horse meat production in South America for EU market 6 November 2023 AWF
#Act4 Equines A large criminal network involved in the illegal sale of horse meat improper for human consumption has been dismantled in an operation led by Europol and the Spanish authorities. Beyond the public health risk, investigations reveal that the horses were kept in terrible conditions. This fraud builds on regulatory loopholes that have not been addressed since the 2013 horse meat scandal. New Europol investigations reveal horse meat fraud, raising public health and animal welfare concerns 9 December 2022
#Act4 Equines On 26 October 2022, Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski visited the animal rescue centre Animaux en Péril to discuss the issues surrounding horse meat imported and consumed in the EU. Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski visits a horse shelter to discuss the protection of equines in the horse meat trade 27 October 2022
#Act4 Equines Despite the 2013 horse meat scandal, it is still not mandatory for operators and authorities to provide and control information on the origin of horse meat. As a result, to put it simply, there is no certainty on where your meat is coming from. Three reasons for mandatory horse meat labelling 23 February 2022
#Act4 Equines On 7 July, Eurogroup for Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation/Tierschutzbund Zürich (AWF/TSB) met with the European Commission to discuss the systematic violations of EU animal welfare and traceability requirements in the production of horsemeat imported into the EU. NGOs call to stop the imports of cruelly produced horsemeat 16 July 2021 AWF
#Act4 Equines The film that seeks to put pressure on the Argentinian government to immediately ban equine slaughter and the export of horse meat, shows the work of the NGOs Fondation Franz Weber in Argentina, Tierschutzbund Zürich (TSB) in Switzerland and our member Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) in Germany. Shocking documentary reveals the cruel reality behind the export of horse meat from Argentina 29 September 2020 AWF
#Act4 Equines Together with several European and Australian animal welfare organisations and supported by Eurogroup for Animals, the Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) calls for a suspension of horse meat imports from Australia. EU Commission needs to stop horse meat imports from Australia 2 July 2020 AWF
#Act4 Equines Spanish authorities have busted a suspected organized crime group selling horse meat that could have been unfit for human consumption. Alleged criminal group sold potentially unfit to eat horse meat 29 January 2020
#Act4 Equines Legislation has been introduced in the US Senate to permanently end the slaughter of American horses for human consumption in the US. Bill introduced in the US Senate to ban horse slaughter for human consumption 29 June 2019
#Act4 Equines Animal welfare groups call for halt to exports after secret footage shows ‘distressing’ treatment of horses in Korean abattoir Another Australian racehorse killed for meat in South Korea 5 June 2019
#Act4 Equines A recent inspection report from European animal-welfare organisations about horse meat production in Uruguay and Argentina shows serious animal-welfare violations. Horse meat from dark channels 30 May 2018