A plenary session of the European Parliament has piled additional political pressure on European Union (EU) ministers and the European Commission to improve farmed chicken welfare.
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MEPs Tuesday (14 February) backed the stance of the parliament’s agriculture committee in calling for additional welfare rules for chicken producers. They suggested a deadline of 1 January 2013 for ending a derogation allowing stocking densities to rise from a standard minimum of 30 kg/m2 per unit to 38 kg/m2 where certain additional welfare standards are met.
