#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 On 21 February 2019, the Czech Republic introduced the extraordinary checks on Polish beef imports which it is entitled to operate for consumer health protection reasons under the relevant provisions of Regulation 178/2002. Salmonella scandal: Czech Republic withdraws systematic checks on meat from Poland 11 May 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The government should follow the European Parliament's call and develop a plan for how Sweden should minimize the transport of animals for slaughter and transport meat instead. Transporting meat instead of live animals 9 May 2019 Djurens Rätt
#Act4 FarmAnimals Sustainable animal agriculture is defined as animal agriculture carried out in a way that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability to meet the needs of the future. British Vets Association says vets should encourage people to eat less meat, cheese and other animal-derived products 6 May 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals One of the most well-known IKEA icons is the Swedish meatball, traditionally served with cream sauce, mashed potatoes and lingonberry jam. IKEA working on a meatball made from plant-based alternative protein 2 May 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Animal activists have slammed an English primary school after they revealed they were to slaughter pet pigs to teach children about the food chain. Leeds primary school to slaughter pet pigs to teach children where meat comes from 1 May 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals New laws and actions will help NYC reach 30% emissions reduction by 2030—more than any other U.S. city—and unlike many big-oil-focussed climate initiatives, the Green New Deal is also targeting animal agriculture. New York City to phase out processed meat by 2030 22 April 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The uncertainty surrounding the Brexit renders outlook exercises even more difficult. These market forecasts relate to the EU-28 as the UK is still a member at the date of the publication. Short-term Agri Outlook report released: data on meat and dairy production, consumption and trade 15 April 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Dutch food technology company Mosa Meat created the world’s first hamburger without slaughtering an animal. Interview: Mosa Meat's Prof. Mark Post on food grown from cells 22 March 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals With the increasing middle classes in countries like China and India, global meat consumption is expected to rise. Meat consumption has detrimental effects on animal welfare, climate and human health. So why has the EU spent €71m promoting it? 12 March 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Two separate government agencies will come together to regulate the new market of lab-grown meat. Regulation framework in place to regulate cell-grown meat in the US 11 March 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The assumption goes that lab-grown meat will drastically reduce emissions of beef production. But you know what they say about assumptions. Many caveats in Oxford finding that cell-based meat might be worse for climate 19 February 2019