There is a fundamental change in thinking within the regulatory community due to a better understanding of the underlying biology of adverse effects to human health and the environment. The development of alternatives to use laboratory animals has become ...
EFSA aims to develop a quantitative risk assessment methodology to assess the welfare of the animals by applying animal-based measures (ABMs). In the last ten years, quite a number of resources were committed in the EU for improving the scientific knowled ...
Article 16 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing requires slaughterhouse operators to carry out regular checks to ensure that animals do not present any sign of consciousness following stunning. The Co ...
The overall aim of the work outlined in this statement is to help establish a common framework for future scientific opinions dealing with the use of animal-based measures to assess the welfare of animals. The statement is mainly intended to support the w ...
EFSA requested the Animal Health and Welfare Panel to provide guidance on risk assessment for animal welfare. In order to ensure that the guidance is based on comprehensive, relevant and up-to-date information, a web-based consultation on the draft scient ...
The European Commission requested the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to assess the welfare aspects of the practice of harvesting feathers from live geese for down production. In order to ensure that the scientific opinion was based on comprehensive ...
The European Commission requested the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to gather and assess all data available and produce two scientific opinions on: The influence of genetic parameters on the welfare and the resistance to stress of commercial broil ...