Swine news - Management

Tail biting is a sign of stress, and it is normally caused by environmental factors and due to inappropriate management practices regarding several factors.

In Germany, as of 2018, more than 23% of the fattening pigs will come from farms that participate in the Animal Welfare Initiative.

CCTV recording will become mandatory in all slaughterhouses in England next year, Environment Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed.

Transport of meat for the production of specific products may take place before the temperature is attained (7ºC) if the competent authority authorises.

Investment of up to $1.31 million to the Canadian Animal Health Coalition (CAHC).

Farmers could be allowed, after taking a course, to anaesthetise their animals before castrating them

Their members come from universities, official laboratories, food technology institutes and research companies, as well as from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supplies.

The Environment Agency (EA) will review all existing environmental permits over the next four years, following the introduction of new requirements for permit holders.

FVE comments on criteria and conditions for derogating from basic requirement of meat inspection carried out by the official veterinarian under article 18 (7) and 18 (8) of Regulation EU n. 625/2017.

Tierwohl Initiative is an initiative that implies farms, abattoirs and supermarkets, and whose aim is to offer a better end product quality through the improvement of the animals’ welfare.

A new study by FAO and published in Global Food Security found that livestock rely primarily on forages, crop residues and by-products that are not edible to humans and that certain production systems contribute directly to global food security, as they produce more highly valuable nutrients for humans, such as proteins, than they consume.

These new guides aim to provide practical advice to professionals to ensure that the animals they transport remain in good welfare.

New leaflet explains how EMA works to promote safe and effective veterinary therapies.

Humane Slaughter Association (HSA) joins forces with Defra to fund research into a more humane stunning method for pigs.

The proposal, initiated by Culture Viande together with the IFIP, the ANSES and the DGAL, and with the help, at a European level, of the UECBV, has been voted favourably.

The Commission has just published a new delegated regulation providing derogations from the general obligation to classify carcasses to small scale establishments.

The Commission considers that the Member States must be given a 5-year period for withdrawing the marketing authorisations of veterinary drugs that contain zinc oxide.

The ACHIPIA and the CONICYT sign a collaboration agreement and propose a FONDEF IDeA thematic focus regarding food quality and harmlessness.

The project, that counts on the participation of Spanish and Italian companies and institutions, is coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Research and Technology Centre (CITA) of Aragon.

The objective of this report is to provide an overview of good practices for the production of pigs with entire tails and highlight the reasons why this is not more widely practised.

European Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis officially inaugurates the kick-off meeting of the EU Platform on Animal Welfare.

Organic pig producers, abattoirs and organisations related to animal welfare have signed a new agreement that will further improve the pigs’ welfare and their environmental impact. This agreement sets more requisites and regulations and will give place to an E-brand that will come into force in January 1st 2018.

EFSA experts have examined issues surrounding the slaughter of pregnant farmed animals in Europe.

According to the results of the last Survey on Environmental Conscience presented by the Federal Minister of the Environment in Berlin, when buying meat, the German citizens give more importance to the aspects related to animal welfare than to those related to the environment.