Agreement reached on Denmark's animal welfare initiatives

Including the world's first carbon emission tax for agriculture, this agreement marks the biggest change to the Danish landscape in over 100 years.

The European Commission has approved a Danish scheme to support higher animal welfare standards for pigs.

The proportion of controlled pig herds that have received a sanction is just over 30%.

Denmark to become the first country in the world with a CO₂ tax on agriculture.

The amendment of the Animal Protection Act will include legal and enforcement changes in the area of animal welfare.

Piglet mortality has been reduced by almost one percent.

Fewer animal welfare sanctions were made in pig and cattle herds in 2022.

The vast majority of Danes are aware of the State Animal Welfare Label "Better animal welfare".

A new survey carried out in 8 EU countries1 shows that most consumers support better welfare for the animals raised for food and expect EU decision makers to act.

This will form the basis for Denmark's first animal welfare agreement.

Danish Minister of Food, Jacob Jensen, traveled to China, where he initiated a dialogue on safeguarding Danish pork exports in the case of ASF.

Improvement projects that are underway but not completed will have an additional 12 months to finish.

All pig producers who send pigs for slaughter must have a clinical PRRS statement starting November 4, 2023.

Within the framework of the Sectoral Strategic Cooperation Program (SSC) between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam and the Danish Ministry of Environment and Food, Denmark has sent experts to Vietnam to provide technical support and to take samples for quality inspection to certify conformity of imported animal feed at ports.