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A major milestone was reached this week when industry fundraising achieved 50% of its target to establish a National Chair in Swine Welfare. This industry-wide initiative has been gaining momentum with six provincial pork associations and four pork processors committing to the 5-year program to develop a dedicated team of researchers focusing on swine welfare.

The Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC), an expert group providing independent advice on the welfare of farmed animals, publishes its review of farm animal welfare and farm assurance schemes.

Any extension, if approved, would, of course not affect the entry into force of the new EU animal welfare rules which came into with effect on 1 January 2013.

The project aims to provide blueprints and cost estimates for barn conversion that can be used by the producers and construction team to complete the conversion.

This Group’s remit was to review BPEX’s Real Welfare Protocol and make recommendations to make the process more practical.

Regarding animal welfare, more than 60% of respondents strongly insisted on strengthening animal welfare standards for all types of agricultural production systems.

The goal of the agreement is to improve the husbandry systems and the level of protection of the animals intended for the production of food.

13 Member States are compliant: Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.