Traduction de «High-health farming » (Anglais → Français) :

Researchers at the University of Alberta, in the area of health, have expressed extreme concern about the impact on the health of the farm community by the drought on the prairies, and the high evidence of stress and even suicide.

54. Believes that tracing products, on the basis of identification and registration, is particularly important in animal health monitoring and disease prevention and food safety; supports, in this connection, action covering the compulsory electronic and DNA-based genetic identification and registration of animals at EU-level and the introduction of a comprehensive and secure animal movement monitoring system, but draws attention to the cost of such a system, particularly for farms working with economically unfavourable farm structur ...[+++]es; calls on the Commission to help farmers cope with the high costs incurred through the procurement of the required equipment, by creating the possibility for Member States to incorporate such measures within their rural development programmes;

22. Notes that information on the sentience of fish has gradually accumulated over recent years and notes that the common fisheries policy includes a strategy for the sustainable development of European aquaculture, highlighting the need to improve the welfare of farmed fish; welcomes the Council of Europe recommendations on the treatment of farmed fish, and looks forward to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) welfare guidelines for farmed fish; expresses concern over the impact of international trade in ornamental fish, which can lead to over-harvesting of popular species, damage to fragile coral reef environments through the use of the non-selective technique of sodium cyanide to capture fish and high degrees of mortality of ...[+++]fish associated with insensitive shipping and poor farming practices along the supply chain; considers that, if managed properly, the aquarium industry could support long-term conservation and sustainable use of coral reefs; therefore urges the Commission to consider what steps can be taken to reduce these problems;

In broader terms, we should agree on the need for high-quality farming, which will respect the environment as well as consumers’ health, and which will ensure our self-sufficiency in food production.

At a high level round table with leading farming representatives, food producers, retailers, consumer experts and scientists, EU Commissioner David Byrne for Health and Consumer Protection today in London debated a strategic re-thinking of food production and food policy in terms of quality, safety and cost.

At a high level round table today in Copenhagen, David Byrne, EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection discussed the future of EU food and agriculture policy with leading Danish farming representatives, food producers, retailers, consumer experts and scientists.