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Published 29/03/2023News
Published 29/03/2023
Baby calves must not be isolated in pens, confirms EU scientific body
Baby calves must not be kept in tight individual pens, confirmed scientists at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in a new opinion published today.
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Published 22/03/2023
MEPs downplay need to drastically change eating habits at schools
Members of the European Parliament voted today to downplay the need to drastically change eating habits at schools and failed to agree that plant-based milks and pulses must be part of the scheme funded by the EU.
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Published 17/03/2023
EU ministers set to let factory farms skirt environmental rules and wreck the climate
Environmental ministers decided last evening to allow factory farms to continue polluting with toxic chemicals and wreck the climate, undermining EU attempts to better regulate industrial animal agriculture.
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Published 14/03/2023
Conference: Overhauling EU farm animal welfare laws
We are organising a high-level Conference in Brussels titled 'Overhauling EU Farm Animal Welfare Laws', which will take place on 28 March.
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Published 21/02/2023
Cages for hens must go, confirms EU scientific body
Laying hens should be housed in cage-free systems, concludes a new study by the Union’s scientific body, the European Food Safety Authority, adding that meat chickens need more space and must come from slow-growing breeds only.
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Published 20/02/2023
Minor changes to EU rules for transport of animals by sea
On Friday, the European Commission adopted new rules to improve the transport of live animals by sea, yet the proposed changes to the current law are very weak.
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Published 30/01/2023
Ministers put EU live exports ban in limbo
Today, several farm ministers told the European Commission not to ban live animal exports at a meeting in Brussels.
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Published 18/01/2023
Upcoming roundtable: Improving fish welfare is key to sustainable aquaculture
On 24 January 2023 Compassion in World Farming is organising a roundtable in Brussels to launch its pioneering new report Rethinking EU Aquaculture for People, Planet, and Animals.
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Published 13/12/2022
EU ministers support ambitious reform of animal welfare standards
On 12 December 2022, EU farm ministers discussed the upcoming review of the animal welfare legislation during their meeting in Brussels.
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Published 07/12/2022
'Who we eat' documentary screening
On 6 December 2022, we screened a documentary on animal farming in the European Parliament in Brussels, during which EU policymakers, the documentary directors, activists and industry representatives questioned our perception of animal farming.
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