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EFRA Committee Backs Animal Welfare Import Standards in UK-EU SPS Agreement The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee has released a major report calling on the Government to ensure that the UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement, currently…

News in 🇻🇬 🇪🇺 Trade: The EFRA Select Committee has urged the Government to pursue a Swiss-style exemption from dynamic alignment on animal welfare in the UK-EU SPS Agreement. This recommendation echoes calls from animal protection groups.

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🇪🇺The EU-Mercosur deal threatens to flood the EU with imported beef and poultry raised in intensive systems that would be illegal in the EU

@europarl.europa.eu must oppose ratification & require imports to meet EU #animalwelfare standards 🐄🐓

Read more @eurogroupforanimals.org: tinyurl.com/4wmft5ch

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UK Government's animal welfare strategy a step forward - But import loophole must be closed Animal Policy International (API) welcomes the Government's new Animal Welfare Strategy, particularly the commitment to consult on phasing out cages for layer hens and farrowing crates for pigs as a…

Our view: UK Government's animal welfare strategy a step forward - But import loophole must be closed www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/uk-gove...

#StopCruelImports #animalwelfare #trade #newzealand

API report launch event in NZ Parliament on navigating the practical aspects of a fair import policy Animal Policy International launched a report in NZ Parliament on the feasibility of applying Kiwi animal welfare standards to imports

Read more about our Parliamentary report launch event: www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/api-rep...

George Bridgwater and Tracey Epps - Q&A

Steve Abel, Barbara Kuriger and Damien O'Connor in front of Stop Cruel Imports signs

Greg Fleming MP asking a question during the Q&A

Display of Vision into Action reports

🇳🇿We had a fantastic launch event this week in NZ Parliament for our new report 'Vision into Action' on the feasibility of a fair imports policy

Encouraging to see strong cross-party & industry interest in implementation

Thanks to Barbara Kuriger MP for hosting us!

Link to full article below👇

New Report: Applying NZ animal welfare standards to imports is politically and economically viable The report examines the feasibility and economic implications of New Zealand aligning our import standards with local animal welfare standards

🚨BREAKING: New report by Animal Policy International finds that a fair import policy is politically and economically feasible.

⚡We can stop cruel imports.⚡
📘 Read our report to learn more: www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/new-rep...
#animalwelfare #trade #newzealand

🇬🇧A great few days at Labour Party Conference!

Our Head of UK Policy Tashi Thomas spoke on an animal welfare panel with @joshnewburymp.bsky.social & @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social

Tashi stressed the need to protect UK's ability to set and enforce animal welfare standards in the EU trade deal🐾

#Lab25

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New poll shows 9 in 10 Brits support a ban on lower-welfare imports An overwhelming 89% of Brits believe the UK should have the right to decide in the animal welfare standards of all products sold in the country, including imports.

The Government has a clear mandate from the public: It must stop allowing our animal welfare laws to be undercut through trade deals.

Read more about the survey 👉 tinyurl.com/3ydtdee5

According to @bryantresearch.bsky.social, this level of agreement is rare in the UK, with more Brits supporting the ban than those who say they like pizza (84%), are comfortable with dogs (82%), or like Christmas (78%).

Now that's what we call a united front! 🙌

🇬🇧📊 NEW POLL reveals that an overwhelming 89% of Brits believe the UK should be able to decide on the animal welfare standards of all animal products sold in the country including imports.

Support for banning lower-welfare imports is also trending up📈📈📈

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👎 Despite a dedicated chapter on animal welfare, the European Commission has missed yet another opportunity to condition preferential imports to EU welfare standards with the EU-Mexico trade deal.

Europe must #StopCruelImports

Read our briefing bit.ly/3D7ygWL

Australian steak influx threatens UK beef, farmers warn A sharp uptick in prime cuts is distorting the UK market, say industry groups

Produced to far worse environmental and #AnimalWelfare standards

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#animalwelfare #trade #unitedkingdom #gcc

The UK Government must ensure our animal welfare standards are protected in all trade deals. It should consider introducing restrictions on imports that do not meet our animal welfare standards.

⚠️UK law requires animals to be stunned before slaughter (with limited religious exemptions).

GCC countries typically don't require stunning at all, meaning animals remain fully conscious during slaughter.

🐔UK regulations cap stocking densities at 39kg/m² for broiler chickens, with many UK producers committing to better standards (30kg/m²).

GCC countries have no minimum standards, with some facilities cramming birds at densities up to 50kg/m² - far exceeding UK legal limits.

🥚The UK banned battery cages in 2012. It currently permits enriched colony systems with at least 750cm² per hen.

GCC countries still widely use battery cage systems giving hens just 440cm² - less space than an A4 sheet of paper.

As the UK negotiates a trade deal with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, we're especially concerned about the significant animal welfare gaps that could undermine UK standards via imports.

PM vows to protect UK food standards after NFU pressure The prime minister has personally assured the NFU that Britain’s high farming and food standards will not be sacrificed on the altar of trade.

🇬🇧We share the NFU's concern about trade deals allowing imports produced in ways banned in the UK

While the PM's assurances on food standards are welcome, we need firm guarantees that animal welfare - not just hygiene - will be protected in all trade deals

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www.farminguk.com/news/pm-vows...

🦆Follow us to keep updated on our work to ensure that farmed animal welfare standards are upheld in international trade policy!

#animalwelfare #tradepolicy #europeanunion #stopcruelimports

🇪🇺 Great to see the Commission introducing import standards that 'match EU welfare criteria' for companion animals. This principle must also apply to animals farmed abroad for EU consumers.

The EC committed to "alignment of standards for imported products" - it's time to make this a reality!

#trade

This is what we're working towards in the UK & New Zealand: closing the loophole that lets countries outsource cruelty through trade.

⚠️ Follow us to keep up-to-date with our work to close imports loopholes and improve the lives of farmed animals worldwide.

#stopcruelimports #animalwelfare

US states like California & Massachusetts have already done this - banning the sale of pork from crated pigs, wherever it's produced.

The EU is now planning to apply new animal welfare laws to imports.

"That policy is critical to not just ensuring that you're not getting these laws undercut, but also to changing the political dynamic because domestic farmers are going to be very opposed to any law if they realise they're just going to get undercut."

@dwarkesh.bsky.social & Lewis Bollard on why applying animal welfare standards to imports is essential - not just to protect hard-won wins for farmed animals, but to create the conditions for further progress.

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Animal Policy International Urges Ban on Fur Farming and Imports in the EU Animal Policy International has submitted comprehensive evidence to the European Commission supporting the Fur Free Europe initiative, calling for an EU-wide ban on fur farming and the importation of ...

This thread draws from our submission to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the Fur Free Europe initiative.

🔗 Read the full piece here: animalpolicyinternational.org/post/animal-...

#FurFreeEurope #trade #AnimalWelfare #EUlaw

Fur alternatives are gaining popularity, and public sentiment is shifting. It's time for the EU to embrace a fur-free future that works for animals, consumers, and economies.