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Latest Pig Industry News
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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EU - The European Commission should ensure that meat imported from non-European Union countries meets European standards, said MEPs at a meeting of the European Parliament agriculture committee.The MEPs were also keen that small-scale slaughterhouses in Europe should get a derogation on the appointment of an animal welfare officer.
The committee gave its support to a Commission proposal seeking to replace the 1993 directive on the protection of animals at the time of slaughter with a new harmonised regulation.
Every year 360m pigs, cattle, sheep and goats are slaughtered in the European Union, along with 4 billion poultry birds and 25 million animals reared for fur.
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