QeA to EU Commission – Animal welfare and export of live animals to third countries

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

Question for written answerย to the Commission -ย Marlene Mizzi (S&D) - 30th March 2015 Subject:ย  Export of live animals to countries outside Europe When EU animals are exported live to countries outside theย EU they are no longer protected by European animal welfare law. Investigations by Compassion in World Farming into slaughter in the Middle East have … Continue reading QeA to EU Commission – Animal welfare and export of live animals to third countries

COOLing on mandatory origin labelling – EU Commission report published

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

On 20th May 2015 the EU Commission, pursuant art. 26 (5) and (6) of the Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 published the "Study on the mandatory indication of country of origin or place of provenance of unprocessed foods, single ingredient products and ingredients that represent more than 50% of a food". More report are expected to … Continue reading COOLing on mandatory origin labelling – EU Commission report published