#Act4 FarmAnimals If anything is going to change in farm animal welfare in the EU, it needs to happen now. Don’t miss the opportunity to give your opinion as an organisation or a private citizen to the European Commission on the future of food and agriculture. Now is our chance to influence the Commission’s Farm-to-Fork Strategy 10 March 2020 Eurogroup for Animals Press Release
#Act4 FarmAnimals Carrefour and more distributers join the Animal Welfare Label Association (AEBEA), created in 2018 by LFDA, CIWF, OABA and the Casino group to offer a labeling scheme on animal welfare. Animal welfare labeling is becoming more widespread in France 6 February 2020 LFDA
#Act4 FarmAnimals The European Commission has started sketching the new EU-wide food labelling scheme, expected to be proposed in the context of the new Farm to Fork Strategy (F2F), but the debate over what kind of information to provide to consumers has just started. Commission bemused by consumer information conundrum 6 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A German initiative to create a European farm-products label guaranteeing respect for animal welfare received broad support at the European Agriculture Ministers Council on Monday. Europe is considering farm-animal welfare label 30 January 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals An EU-level animal welfare labelling scheme that would inform consumers about the welfare of animals during food production was proposed by Germany at yesterday’s AGRIFISH Council meeting. Germany grasps the nettle: labelling matters 29 January 2020 Eurogroup for Animals Press Release
#Act4 FarmAnimals Each year, the City of Oslo buys food for almost NOK 200 million. Now, the Environmental Green Party (MDG) wants Oslo to commit to purchasing so-called animal-safe food. Norwegian Greens ask City of Oslo to buy animal-friendly labelled food 29 August 2019 Dyrevernalliansen
#Act4 FarmAnimals In the Bundestag, the number of supporters of a mandatory animal welfare label is increasing. CSU Party adds its support to a compulsory animal protection label in Germany 29 June 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Last week my colleague Christiane made the case that eco-labels telling shoppers that their food is certified ‘sustainable’ can no longer ignore the products’ greenhouse gas emissions. New Economics Foundation: The limitations of labels, and why the EU Common Fisheries Policy should stop setting fishing limits above scientific advice 11 June 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Discount retailer Lidl is to trial a new meat labelling system designed to deliver transparency on production methods for consumers. Lidl introduces new meat labelling system 31 May 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals A label for animal-friendly meat. It already exists in the Netherlands, but Flemish Minister for Animal Welfare Ben Weyts (N-VA) now wants to introduce it throughout Flanders. Flemish Minister Ben Weyts wants a label for animal-friendly meat throughout Flanders 20 May 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The White Coat Pig Interprofessional (INTERPORC) has created the certification seal "CERTIFIED ANIMAL WELFARE". Spanish pig industry launches welfare labelling scheme 24 April 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Veggie burgers are for the chop, a Brussels committee has decreed, to be replaced by the less palatable-sounding “veggie discs”. ‘Veggie discs’ to replace ‘veggie burgers’ in EU crackdown on food labels 4 April 2019