ANIMAL WELFARE TO BE CRITICAL PART OF NEW CAP REVIEW
April 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ANIMAL welfare will be a key topic in a wholesale review of the European Union's (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) launched this week by the European Commission. Speaking to the European Parliament's agriculture committee on Monday (April 12), new EU agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolo? announced two months of public consultation for views from "environmental protection associations, consumers, and animal welfare groups" as well as meat producers. Ciolo? stated he valued a strong CAP, saying it was "indispensable for ...
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