The European Commission has registered two new European Citizens’ Initiatives related to animal farms and labeling of food.
The European Citizens’ Initiatives are “Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter” and “Stop Fake Food: Origin on Label.”
A European Citizens’ Initiative allows citizens to invite the EU Commission to propose related legal acts.
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An appeals court in Finland has increased an individual’s sentence for manipulating a food hygiene test.
The Helsinki Court of Appeal modified the decision given by a district court from a suspended prison sentence of 10 months to a suspended sentence of 1 year and 8 months and told the
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A campaign group has claimed some chicken meat sold by Lidl is contaminated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria and other pathogens.
A total of 142 own-brand products from 22 Lidl stores in Germany, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, and Poland were tested by a laboratory in Germany.
The products need to be cooked
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The European Commission’s health and safety unit has published findings from two assessments looking at controls on exports of horse meat in Uruguay and Argentina.
A DG Sante audit in Uruguay, in October and November 2022, made seven recommendations and found some actions taken since the last visit in 2018
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The Dutch food agency identified 5,700 possible violations in red meat and poultry slaughterhouses in the first half of 2022.
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) said this resulted in 401 written warnings or fines. Most issues found, in the more than 23,600 checks from January to
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Six men and a related company have been fined for animal welfare offenses in England.
In July 2022, the Crown Prosecution Service authorized charges, and at Crewe Magistrates’ Court earlier this month, all defendants pleaded guilty and were sentenced.
The men, who worked at a slaughterhouse in Chester, were sentenced
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The European Commission has rejected an appeal to ban imports of kangaroo meat from Australia for reasons that included food safety.
A petition was filed by three groups on the grounds of public health, animal welfare and species conservation.
Lega Anti Vivisezione (LAV), World Animal Protection and Eurogroup for Animals
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USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) reports that since 2002, 14 states have enacted laws governing their animal agricultural industries’ pre-slaughter production practices. These restrictions to boost the welfare of farm animals may also be causing or at least contributing to current shortages and price increases.
ERS found the policies have
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Hundreds of warnings and fines are imposed every year for violations in large slaughterhouses, according to statistics published by the Dutch food agency.
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) figures on inspections show issues range from food safety to animal welfare and health.
In 2019, the NVWA
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The term organic is not a guarantee of food safety, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Organic is a way to grow food following specific rules and guidelines, according to a document published by the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
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