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he 2012 Annual Industry Survey shows that over half of the Australian pork industry is gestation stall free.

The Retail Council of Canada believes that sows should be housed in an environment where their pregnancy, health and well-being are taken into highest consideration.

New Jersey is one step closer to becoming the tenth state to outlaw the confinement of breeding pigs in gestation crates.

At the National Pork Industry Forum, pork producers approved a resolution reaffirming the industry's position that producers should be able to select a sow housing system.

European Commission called on Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland and Portugal to take action to address deficiencies in the implementation of EU legislation concerning the welfare of animals.

The conditions to be met by producers who have not completed the process of adapting to the new regulations for accomodating breeder sows are established.

The bill S.2191/H.7180, legislation that prohibits the extreme confinement of breeding pigs and veal calves in small crates passed the Senate and House.

In recent years, a growing number of major U.S. companies that demand and supply pork products have adopted strategies that explicitly move away from direct or indirect use of gestation crates in pork production.

The Commission has stepped up calls on Member States to ensure that the ban on individual sow stalls is fully applied from 1 January 2013.

The Australian pork industry’s voluntary move away from the use of sow stalls by 2017, is making substantial progress, with around one in three sows now spending their pregnant lives sow stall free.

Following a ruling by the European Court of Justice in December, it has been confirmed that the expression 'places for sows' in IPPC must be interpreted as including places for gilts that have already been served, but have not yet farrowed.

Research undertaken in 2010 indicated that 70% of Danish producers now comply with EU legislation effective from January 2013, which will ban the use of traditional stalls for pregnant sows.

Just under 36% of Flemish sow farms have so far converted, with an additional 13% having plans to do so.