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An audit published by the EU Commission has found that Canadian slaughterhouses do not comply with EU rules on traceability, implying a risk for public health.

Imported horse meat from Canada puts EU consumers at risk

10 December 2019

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The EU and Mercosur – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay – are close to concluding their trade agreement after 20 years of negotiations, but from an animal welfare perspective, the text on the table is extremely worrying.

Why the EU-Mercosur agreement is bad news for European animals

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A coalition of European, North and South American animal welfare organisations calls for a ban on horsemeat imports into the EU and Switzerland from overseas.

New investigations show more EU-consumed horsemeat imports from torturous production overseas

14 February 2017

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EU Veterinary authority detects violations – Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) refuses consequences. Animal welfare coalition calls for import ban on horsemeat from Canada.

Horse meat imports from Canada About to Fold

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As a new ban on the import of horsemeat from Mexico to the EU comes into effect, Eurogroup for Animals, along with a coalition of international animal welfare organisations, today calls on the European Commission to apply similar bans elsewhere.

Eurogroup calls for further bans on horsemeat imports as exports from Mexico cease

15 January 2015

The European Commission has banned the importation of horsemeat from Mexico following a series of audits by the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO), which identified significant traceability problems with horses slaughtered for export to the EU that had originated in Mexico and the United States.

Eurogroup for Animals welcomes import ban of horse meat from Mexico

17 December 2014

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Animal welfare coalition calls on the European Commission for a ban on horsemeat imports to stop its torturous production in North and South America. The international animal welfare coalition, formed by Tierschutzbund Zürich (Switzerland), Animal Welfare Foundation (Germany), Animals’ Angels (USA), GAIA (Belgium), Eyes on Animals (Netherlands), L214 (France), supported by Eurogroup for Animals (Brussels), recently discussed with the European Commission the results of its long-term investigation into horsemeat production in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Argentina and Uruguay – responsible for 26’500 tons horsemeat imports.

Urgent ban needed on imports of horsemeat sold under EU label

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