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Welfare inspections at arrival and in lairage at pig slaughterhouses

Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing requires that each pig arriving and handled at the...
Farrowing housing and management: five focus areas for inspections

In a review on farrowing housing and management, EURCAW-Pigs addresses five key areas to focus on during welfare inspections. For each key area,...
Covid 19: more flexibility to carry out official controls

The Commission has published a measure which allows Member States to carry out official controls on the agri-food chain on a more flexible basis, in...
Heat stress in pigs around transportation: request for data for risk assessment

The Office for Risk Assessment (BuRO) of the Netherlands Food and Product Safety Authority (NVWA) is currently working on a risk assessment of animal...
Pig welfare during transport in relation to temperature and space allowance

Recent hot summers in Europe have raised concerns about welfare in relation to transport of pigs at high environmental temperatures. In a review,...

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Welfare inspections at arrival and in lairage at pig slaughterhouses

Farrowing housing and management: five focus areas for inspections

Covid 19: more flexibility to carry out official controls

Heat stress in pigs around transportation: request for data for risk assessment

Pig welfare during transport in relation to temperature and space allowance

Knowledge base

Top downloads

EURCAW-Pigs on Twitter

Questions to EURCAW

Recent Q2E inquiries

Agenda

ESAF seminar on science based policy advice

Training for inspection of pig welfare in EU

Dossiers on welfare topics

Welfare of pigs during husbandry

Welfare of pigs during transport

Welfare of pigs at slaughter and killing

In a review, EURCAW-Pigs describes three relevant key areas to focus on during welfare inspections at pig slaughterhouses

Welfare inspections at arrival and in lairage at pig slaughterhouses

Farrowing housing and management: five focus areas for inspections

Covid 19: more flexibility to carry out official controls

Heat stress in pigs around transportation: request for data for risk assessment

Pig welfare during transport in relation to temperature and space allowance

Knowledge base

Top downloads

EURCAW-Pigs on Twitter

Questions to EURCAW

Recent Q2E inquiries

Agenda

ESAF seminar on science based policy advice

Training for inspection of pig welfare in EU

Dossiers on welfare topics

Welfare of pigs during husbandry

Welfare of pigs during transport

Welfare of pigs at slaughter and killing

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In a review, EURCAW-Pigs describes three relevant key areas to focus on during welfare inspections at pig slaughterhouses