Austria – the implementation of the cage ban by an integrated concept Claudia Wöhry Austrian Federal Ministry of Health 12.6.2012.

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
More Humanity towards Animals "ENFORCEMENT OF EUROPEAN ANIMAL WELFARE RELATED LEGISLATION" Council Directive 1999/74/EC Half ban means half enforcement.
Advertisements

IWNS Bulgaria WSPA Workshop November, 2007.
Safeguarding and improving animal welfare Harry Blokhuis Department of Animal Environment and Health Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Presentation to Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, European Parliament on 29 th September 2010 The EU Egg Industry – Welfare of Laying Hens EUWEP.
Food Safety Legislation. Introduction Victorian England ( ) The history of much modern food safety legislation can be traced back to Victorian.
AW Strategy EUROPEAN LIVESTOCK AND MEAT TRADES UNION UECBV.
1 Animal welfare - - Making of Public Policy and The Role of The Supreme Court - The Israeli Experience Eran Ettinger, Legal Advisor, Ministry of Agriculture.
Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic Food Safety in the Czech Republic.
NSF Canadian Food Inspection Agency
National Diploma in Agriculture Farming and EU Food Law Tony Pettit Lecture 8.
FOD VOLKSGEZONDHEID, VEILIGHEID VAN DE VOEDSELKETEN EN LEEFMILIEU 1 Practical Trade Inspections Els Vanautryve Federal Public Service for Public Health,
Dr. Györgyi Molnár – Péter Földi Hungarian Poultry Product Board 1.
OFFICIAL CONTROL OF FOOD LABELLING AND FOOD QUALITY CONTROL Dr. Pirjo-Liisa Penttilä Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Finland.
Food Authority „COUNTRY PROFILE“ General Review
Health and Consumers Directorate-General (DG SANCO) Howard Batho, Head of import and OIE sector Unit D1, Animal Health and Standing Committees.
Valstybinė maisto ir veterinarijos tarnyba State Food and Veterinary Service Lithuanian experience in modernizing SPS measures Dr. Vidmantas Paulauskas.
Terezia Sinkova EFSA The new EU Food Safety Agency.
SMMSS - Support to Modernisation of Mongolia Standardisation System Organization of Food Control Systems Example Local Authority - DE - Seminar on Food.
SANCO-D-4 International Questions (bilateral) Overview on the EU Food Safety Legislation – Amman, 29 November 2010 Wolf Maier, DG Health and Consumers,
Overview of the EU Food Safety Requirements
SUD Implementation in the EU Member States Madrid, 2 nd July 2012 Claudia Michel Director Sustainability & Stakeholder Relations ECPA.
MINISTRY FOR RURAL AFFAIRS AND THE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER PERMANENT SECRETARY MALTA ENVIRONMENT & PLANNING AUTHORITY (MEPA) DIRECTOR GENERAL (AGRICULTURAL.
Sanna Nikunen DVM The Association for Animal Disease Prevention, Finland
Geneticaly modified Food and Feed – current situation in EU Petr Beneš Food Safety Department Prague, 9 October 2009.
Health & Consumer Protection Directorate General What Can The Community Action Plan achieve for European Consumers Andrea Gavinelli Unit D2 Animal Welfare.
Inclusion of small producers in the food chain The case of Romania.
INSTITUTE OF FOOD BIORESOURCES 6 Dinu Vintila, 2 nd district, , BUCHAREST Tel./Fax: ; Tel.:
Food Laws and Food Control Management Structures – the Polish Perspective Aleksandra Wesołowska Polish Consumers Association.
Health and Consumers Health and Consumers The experience from FVO inspections CONFERENCE ON ENFORCEMENT OF EU ANIMAL WELFARE LEGISLATION GERMAN REPRESENTATION.
The sun, too, is a star Integration of the Macedonian Agricultural market into the EU market Aleksandar Nikolovski Berlin
Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture Maria Fladl, Brussels, 3. June 2010 EU Regulation for organic aquaculture.
PRESENTATION BY NYEFOLO SEBOKA RRSF WORKSHOP, KIGALI, RWANDA.
Financial incentives to facilitate enforcement Véronique Schmit Enforcement of European Animal Welfare Related Legislation – 12 &13 June 2012.
Campaigning against battery cages in the Netherlands A presentation for ENFAP Geert Laugs, London 18 May 2011.
The Quality Package Seminarium: Livsmedelskvalitet ur olika perspektiv, Stockholm, Lars Hoelgaard, Vicegeneraldirektör.
1 The Future Role of the Food and Veterinary Office M.C. Gaynor, Director, FVO EUROPEAN COMMISSION HEALTH & CONSUMER PROTECTION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL Directorate.
Health & Consumers Directorate General
Import controls Timothy McKillen Belfast Port Health
Federal Association of Farm and Forest Owners in Austria Implementation of Common Agricultural Policy in Austria Vienna Twinning Conference 7 th October.
Organising of the Official Food Control in Finland Jorma Hirn Director General National Food Agency.
Meeting the operational criteria in Norway - through the reform of the Food Safety Administration byJoakim Lystad Director General The Norwegian Food Safety.
FAS Training 2016 SMR 4 Food and Feed Hygiene Carrick on Shannon, Charleville, Kilkenny Integrated Controls Division 1.
EGGS AND POULTRY SECTOR M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Working Group for Chapter 11 – Agriculture.
EU-Legislation On Checks And Border inspection posts Dr. Anton Bartl Federal Ministry of Health, Austria February 2014, Belgrade.
Some Animal Welfare Issues in Bulgaria Vocational High School of Veterinary Medicine Dobrich, Bulgaria livestock breeding (animal husbandry)
Member State Implementation of EU Directive 2009/54/EC on Natural Mineral Waters in a Member State – Experiences of a EU Member State Ilona Drulyte National.
M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Working Group for Chapter 27 – Environment and Climate Change.
TAIEX December 2011 REPUBLIC OF SERBIA Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Water Management VETERINARY DIRECTORATE Animal Health, Welfare.
Health and Consumers Health and Consumers The enforcement preparation of the EU Commission after the laying hen experience Andrea Gavinelli Bente Bergersen.
Advancing animal interests What lawyers expect from competent authorities Noor Evertsen, Dier&Recht, June 2012.
New: Harmonised public and animal health import and transit requirements for composite products BTSF-Workshop Hamburg – 2nd May 2011 Beatrix Siepen Federal.
M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Working Group for Chapter 27 – Environment Bilateral screening:
Welfare of Battery and Free Range Chickens
ROMANIA THE TRANSPOSED U.E. LEGISLATION ON GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE.
M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Working Group for Chapter 27 – Environment and Climate Change.
Free Range Egg Farming, Grading and Marketing
Seminar on Occupational Safety and Health (Ref. IM 11914)
Serbian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in the Republic of Uzbekistan Geneva, April 12, 2017.
EU Reference Centres for Animal Welfare
Food safety and food law enforcement in Switzerland
Current budgetary and regulatory position of the CAP
Maarten Steeghs Senior Advisor Agriculture and Nature Division
Anonymous for animal rights
Quality assurance and tail docking
CHANGE RECENT EXPERIENCE FROM THE POULTRY SECTOR.
Health & Consumers Directorate General
Austrian food control system
GOOD DAIRY FARMING PRACTICE
Legal and Regulatory Framework for Radiation safety in Lithuania
Presentation transcript:

Austria – the implementation of the cage ban by an integrated concept Claudia Wöhry Austrian Federal Ministry of Health

Overview of the relevant Austrian legislation pertaining to laying hens: § 18 (3) Animal Protection Act Annex 6 of the 1. Animal Keeping Regulation

Concept for the implementation of the ban before 2009 The ban was legally stipulated in the Animal Protection Act : the food store chains abandoned eggs from hens in battery cages 2008 CCA discussed the issue with heads of provincial veterinary services Adoption of enforcement measures Aids paid to farmers by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture Registering of all laying hen establishments

Measures after Inspections of all farms which used to have unenriched cages Two farms required enforcement action

Effects of the ban Source: Semmelmeyer, Ernst (2011): Aktuelle Marktsituation des österreichischen Eiersektors im europäischen Vergleich

Statistics of Laying hen farms ,856 registered farms with laying hens 782 free range (42%) 747 barn (40%) 17 enriched cages (1%) 310 organic (17%) Enriched cages may be used no later than 2020.

The Animal Welfare Committees Minister of Health Animal Welfare Council Advisory Committee on Enforcement Animal Welfare Commission

Thank you for your attention!