COP-COGECA OPPOSES EU INITIATIVE TO CREATE NEW EUROPEAN ANIMAL WELFARE GROUP
February 1st, 2016
Plans to establish a European Union (EU) industry, non-governmental organisation and regulatory advisory group, called an ‘EU Platform on animal welfare’ have been criticised by European farmers’ union Copa-Cogeca. This was despite the support given to the idea at yesterday’s (Monday Feb 15) EU Council of Ministers for agriculture, which debated the plan and released a communiqué saying the platform could boost co-operation between EU member states on animal welfare and broader sharing of information and best practice.
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