Today (Wednesday 19th July 2023) Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has responded to the news that Defra has decided they do not “consider the time is right to consult on proposals to reform labelling for animal welfare”.
The Government has recently published their response to the call for evidence on labelling for animal welfare. The findings were very encouraging and certainly a clear step in the right direction towards making choosing higher welfare meat products easier for consumers.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has today responded to the Government’s Food Strategy Policy Paper. This comes following Henry Dimbleby’s report published last year on the UK food system.
If implemented, labelling will provide British consumers with clear information about the meat they purchase, which in turn enables them to make informed decisions about the type of products they buy.
International Trade Comittee: UK trade negotiations – 25th March 2021
The committee considered and heard evidence on how to best make labelling work both for imports and domestic products and produce.
‘Animal Welfare Matters’ Film Release At Our Fringe At The Conservative Party Conference On 4 October – World Animal Day
We support amendments to the Agriculture Bill on mandatory labelling and to help prevent low welfare imports in trade deals
Currently, the method of slaughter and of raising the farm animals is not compulsory to include on packaging.
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation welcomes support for the below pledges on animal welfare in the EU during the 2019-2023 Parliamentary session.
John Flack MEP, Vice President of the European Parliament’s Animal Welfare Intergroup launches book on Animal Welfare Issues, 1 Oct 2018
Lord Trees – the only Veterinarian in parliament – asked in the House of Lords ‘what is to be done to minimise the number of animals slaughtered without stunning?’ on 7th Febuary
Friday 30 September 2016 Article from Farming UK: “The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) – made up of animal loving members of the Conservative
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