The Royal Decree requiring the installation of video surveillance cameras in slaughterhouses will be approved by the end of this year. As a result, Spain will be ahead of other European Union countries in approving this animal welfare regulation, as the installation of video surveillance systems in slaughterhouses has previously only been mandatory in the United Kingdom. Video surveillance cameras in Spanish slaughterhouses become mandatory by the end of 2021 18 March 2021 Equalia
#Act4 FarmAnimals The FARMS Initiative’s goal is for financial institutions to encourage and support meat, milk and egg producers, and other companies in the supply chain, towards meeting Responsible Minimum Standards with respect to how farmed animals are raised, transported and slaughtered. Eurogroup for Animals endorses the FARMS initiative on farmed animal responsible minimum standards 15 February 2021 CIWF
#Act4 AnimalsEU More than a year after the end of the EU-Mercosur negotiations, the EU finally published the related Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA). The document, which was supposed to provide guidance to EU negotiators, confirms the agreement will lead to further intensification of animal agriculture in the region. EU-Mercosur trade agreement will fuel intensification of animal agriculture, says EU assessment 22 July 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Feedback, a US-based campaign group working to regenerate nature by transforming food systems, launched its founding report making the case that Big Livestock, like Big Oil, by its very nature belongs on the wrong side of history. New report highlights the link between industrial animal agriculture and climate change 23 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Guardian's monthly roundup of the biggest issues in farming and food production, with must-read reports from around the web. Coronavirus threat to EU food supplies, America's beef capital and the 'anti-meat agenda' 25 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The decision by fast food outlet McDonald's to close all its Irish restaurants will have a massive impact on an already struggling beef sector. McDonald's closure to have big impact on Irish beef sector 23 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The first campaign of its kind began in Israel in June 2018 and is supposed to continue until 2021. The European Union is subsidizing a campaign to encourage Israel to consume European animals 2 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A quiet revolution is also taking place in labs, where scientists are working to cultivate meat and seafood grown from cells, with the potential to reduce demand for industrial animal agriculture even further. Will cultured meat soon be a common sight in supermarkets across the globe? 20 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Netherlands ships millions of live animals to the other side of the world every year. The Netherlands is the largest animal trader in the world 17 February 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU Campaigns to promote consumption of pork and veal labelled ‘indefensible’ in light of health and climate concerns. EU spending tens of millions of euros a year to promote meat eating 17 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A report calling for a new pricing model across all Member States will be debated by MEPs on 5 February 2020 at the event "The True Price of Meat" by Compassion in World Farming. EU urged to adopt "sustainability charge" on meat: "pricing has been kept artificially low for too long" 3 February 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU The EU could demand in greater detail the feeding of animals exclusively to grass, a point that was not being fulfilled. Argentina may face difficulties to export meat to the EU under the Hilton quotas 30 January 2020
