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The European agriculture ministers unanimously adopted on Tuesday, November 15 the principle of harmonized labeling on animal welfare.

The packaging of all farm-raised foods sold in the European Union will eventually have to indicate certain information.

The conditions of breeding, transport and slaughter of animals will be mentioned.

The 27 member countries wish to "go beyond current European requirements" but have not yet agreed on precise criteria.

EU ministers call for an EU-wide label on animal welfare 🐷🐔🐮 which will:



✔️ go beyond current EU legal requirements


✔️ gradually include all livestock species


✔️ cover animals' entire lifetime



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- EU Council (@EUCouncil) December 15, 2020

Hardened standards

No date of application of this new labeling has yet been set.

The Council of the European Union, meeting in Brussels, simply indicated its desire to “gradually include all species of farm animals”.

The European Commission is now responsible for developing a labeling proposal incorporating hardened standards.

This measure was particularly requested by Germany, which chairs the Council of the EU until the end of December.

Informed choices

For Julia Klöckner, Minister of Agriculture across the Rhine, this common classification "will strengthen credibility and transparency in our markets, and allow consumers to make informed choices".

It will also be a way of “rewarding producers who respect these standards”.

The 27, however, did not manage to agree to launch a European Nutri-score.

The latter would have made it possible to inform consumers about the nutritional value of industrial dishes using a scale of letters and colors.

European Nutriscore rejected

A majority of Member States agreed to establish mutualized labeling.

But according to a diplomatic source, several countries refused to make this assessment mandatory.

Italy, which produces foods often rich in fat, salt and sugar, would thus have liked "a purely descriptive system" according to another diplomatic source.

This "very political blockage" would have prevented the birth of a consensus.

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