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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,... -
Farmers, inspectors and animal welfare: possibilities for change
- Available research highlights the potential for inspections to be a driver for animal welfare improvement on farms and the possibility for inspectors... -
Council of the European Union adopts conclusions on animal welfare
- On 16 December 2019, Council of the European Union adopted a set of conclusions on animal welfare. These highlight the importance of animal welfare as... -
Animal Welfare: extension of the mandate of the Platform
- The European Commission has adopted a Decision extending the mandate of the EU Platform on Animal Welfare until 30 June 2021. Launched in 2017, the... -
Sow housing and management central topic in Regional meeting South
- On 8-9 October 2019, EURCAW-Pigs organized its second regional meeting in Brescia, Italy. It was the second meeting in a series of four in 2019 and... -
Commission designates a second European Union Reference Centre
- In October 2019, the Commission designated a second Reference Centre dedicated to the welfare of poultry and other small farmed animals. This centre...