Written question asked by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 January 2010. It was answered by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Monday, 11 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Animal Welfare
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the merits of implementing the European Commission's proposal for a voluntary community animal welfare label for the purposes of standardising labelling of food with animal welfare information.
- Answer
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The EC has outlined a number of options for animal welfare labelling in a recently published report 'Options for animal welfare labelling and the establishment of a European network of Reference Centres for the protection and welfare of animals'. Our approach to welfare labelling will be guided by general principles which we are developing with the EC.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 503 c674W; 308292
- Session
- 2009-10
- Subjects
- Animal welfare EU action
- Link
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