OIE ad hoc Group Animal Welfare and Laying Hen Production Systems – Chapter 7.Z – November 2017
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Information pack including Background information, Factsheet, Talking Points and Frequently Asked Questions.
Information pack including Background information, Factsheet, Talking Points and Frequently Asked Questions.
Egg producers in the EU had more than a decade to adapt to Directive 1999/74/ EC which prohibits keeping laying hens in battery cages after 2012. Meanwhile, numerous studies have been conducted in order to assess the socio-economic implications of this ban and to evaluate consumers’ willingness to support improvement in layer welfare by paying …
Animal welfare related issues have been intensely discussed in recent years as a consequence of changes in public attitudes and regulatory reforms that are taking place in many countries. A combination of public opinion pressure and trade policy has driven requirements for regulation and the World Trade Organization (WTO) assigned the World Organization for Animal …
The first International Technical Conference on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, took place from 3 to 7 September, 2007, in Interlaken, Switzerland. The main achievement of the Conference was the adoption of the Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources, the …
On-farm welfare assessment has been used mainly for non-regulatory purposes such as producer education or to qualify for voluntary welfare-assurance programs. The application of on-farm assessments in regulatory programs would require four issues to be addressed: (1) selecting criteria that arewidely accepted as valid by diverse citizens, (2) setting minimum legal levels, (3) achieving the …
By 2050, the global food requirement will increase significantly, driven by a population increase tomore than nine billion and by a richer diet. There is a need for agricultural and food systems that are not only more productive, but also sustainable. Currently, progress is hampered by a lack of understanding how to close the yield …
Organic farming in Europe has increased during the last decade but the market share is still relatively low with less than 3% of farmed arable land and an even smaller proportion of farm animal species raised in organic livestock production systems. In many aspects, the biological and ethological needs of animals in organic farming systems …
Regulations regarding the washing of shell eggs within the EU, published on 23 June 2008.
Section taken from the “Regulations Governing the Voluntary Grading of Shell Eggs”.
In this article, the welfare of the laying hen is used to illustrate a proposed approach to regulation of the welfare of animals. The probable replacement of the present cage systems to a range of management systems in the future needs to be guided by regulations that act as a reference point and are not …
Poultry farmers in the European Union and especially in Holland have been dealing with environmental legislation for some years already. The most important regulations are the directives 2001/81/EC; National Emission Ceilings for certain pollutants and 96/61/EC; Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control, and the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). These directives state that the emission of ammonia …
2007 regulations for the Welfare of farmed animals in England.
Explanatory notes for the 2007 Regulations for the Welfare of Farmed animals in England.
Review of UNECE Standards for Eggs and Egg Products – Hen Egg Products for use in the Food Industry
The OIE is currently investigating ways to inactivate the AI virus, and has asked the IEC to comment on its draft standards, which are outlined below.
The OIE is currently investigating ways to inactivate the AI virus, and has asked the IEC to comment on its draft standards, which are outlined below.