Document type: Expertise report published on the FRCAW
Author: the FRCAW
Opinion of the FRCAW on the implications for French farming of the EFSA opinion on pig welfare
As part of the European Union's Farm to Fork strategy to support more sustainable farming practices, the European Commission is undertaking a complete revision of its regulations on animal welfare. To fulfil this task, the Commission ordered the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA, the European reference authority for the assessment of risk in the food sector) to report to it on the most recent advances in scientific knowledge with regard to animal welfare. The opinions delivered by EFSA constitute the scientific basis on which the Commission will rely in its revisions to the regulations. EFSA's opinions cover several areas: 1. welfare of animals at slaughter; 2. welfare of animals during transport, and 3. welfare of animals on farm. In preparation for the European negotiations over the revision of the legislation, the Directorate General for Food's Animal Welfare Office formally requested the FRCAW to study, as a matter of priority, the opinions delivered by EFSA concerning on-farm animal welfare in order to highlight those farming practices most likely to impact animal welfare in France. The present report concerns itself with the particular case of pig welfare on French farms, looking individually at several categories of animal: gilts and sows in the servicing area, gestating gilts and sows, gilts and sows during farrowing and suckling, pre-weaners, weaners, rearing pigs and boars.
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