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Animal welfare at slaughterhouses
EFSA has published three scientific opinions on the welfare of pigs, sheep and goats, chicken and turkeys during the slaughter process. The opinions propose monitoring indicators to be...
Animal welfare
20 December 2013
Animal welfare at slaughterhouses
EFSA has published a scientific opinion on the welfare of bovines during the slaughter process. The opinion proposes monitoring indicators to be used and sampling protocols to be put...
Animal welfare
3 December 2013
Dairy cows and pigs: animal responses most effective for evaluating welfare
Animal-based measures to assess the welfare of dairy cows and pigs are effective and should be used wherever possible, according to recent scientific advice from the European Food...
Animal welfare
25 January 2012
EFSA publishes guidelines for risk assessment of animal welfare
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published pioneering guidelines laying out, for the first time, a standardised methodology for the risk assessment of animal welfare....
Animal welfare
25 January 2012
EFSA assesses welfare risks to animals during transport
Scientists on the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) AHAW Panel have made a number of recommendations based upon a thorough review of the most recent scientific literature from...
Animal welfare
12 January 2011
EFSA looks at welfare implications of collecting feathers from live geese
EFSA’s opinion on the welfare implications of collecting feathers from live geese concludes that this practice can be carried out without causing pain, suffering or injury to the...
Animal welfare
25 November 2010
EFSA looks at the welfare of broiler chickens and their breeding
EFSA’s Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) has adopted a scientific opinion on the influence of genetic selection on the welfare of broilers and another opinion on the...
Animal welfare
28 July 2010
EFSA advises on welfare of dairy cows
EFSA’s Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) has published five scientific opinions and a scientific report on the overall effects of the most relevant farming systems on the...
Animal welfare
9 July 2009
EFSA’s Scientific Committee promotes alternatives to animal testing
EFSA’s Scientific Committee has underlined the importance of risk assessment approaches in the area of food and feed safety which not only minimise the use of experimental animals...
Alternatives to animal testing
Animal welfare
Cross-cutting science
8 June 2009
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