animal welfare standards

At the same time, however, products produced to lower animal welfare standards will continue to be imported from third countries.

Now payments are made only when farmers meet clear environment and animal welfare standards.

This will guarantee that safety and animal welfare standards have been satisfied.

Instead, I think high animal welfare standards should be promoted as one of our competitive advantages.

Burger King already has animal welfare standards for cow slaughter, he said.

Farmers have to respect environmental, food safety, phytosanitary and animal welfare standards.

I eat meat, that doesn't mean I accept poor animal welfare standards.

Organic certification also requires maintenance of basic animal welfare standards.

We are keeping a close eye on this issue to ensure that animal welfare standards are kept up.

Again the EU is taking a lead in improving animal welfare standards.

The Commission believes that the most effective way to achieve a widespread improvement in animal welfare standards is to work towards an international consensus.

We have to ensure that consumers can tell from the labelling which products have met those high animal welfare standards in Europe.

The report shows that once again the EU is taking a leading role in actively improving animal welfare standards.

I believe that animal welfare standards in Europe are absolutely paramount to the fact that we produce high-quality meat.

Therefore, European farmers must be compensated for the higher production costs inherent to higher animal welfare standards.

The new "single farm payments" are subject to "cross-compliance" conditions relating to environmental, food safety and animal welfare standards.

Ensuring biological security on farms, vaccination and scientific research are further steps along the road to tightening up animal welfare standards.

It is essential that European farmers be compensated under the new common agricultural policy for the higher production costs associated with more demanding animal welfare standards.

EU farmers are required to meet stringent environmental and animal welfare standards, for which they are, in part, compensated through the subsidy system.

The footage also allegedly showed breaches of required animal welfare standards during slaughter of Australian cattle.

There is, in fact, no contradiction between the adoption of strict animal welfare standards and the promotion of a high level of scientific research.

Competitiveness is certainly important, but we know that the cost imposed on production by animal welfare standards is very low, something between 2.5 and 8 cents per bird.

The slaughter of animals is not a priority in the intended measures and the Commission will propose action in line with the different animal welfare standards.

Firstly, despite being members of the WTO, many countries are not complying with social, environmental and animal welfare standards.

Animal breeders from outside the Union frequently fail to meet the animal welfare standards we impose on European farmers.