Animal Policy International
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NGO focused on farmed animal welfare standards and international trade policy 🇳🇿 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 #stopcruelimports Bluesky @animalpolicyint.bsky.social
Joined May 2023
RT @Act4AnimalsEU: ❌ The EU-Mercosur trade deal grants sweeping access to imports of animal products from cruel farming systems, underminin….
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Despite widespread opposition, the European Commission presented today the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) to EU Member States. Animal protection organisa...
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@BEICTeam ➕ We must require imports to meet UK welfare standards. This ensures we #StopCruelImports through trade deals like the UK-GCC agreement. 🔗Learn more about the UK-GCC deal here:
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@BEICTeam 🦠 Intensive GCC production can also pose biosecurity risks to UK farms and consumers. Avian influenza and Newcastle disease are problematic there, which research indicates is due to high-density poultry stock and inadequate security protocols and vaccination regimes.
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🐷 A trade deal without welfare-based restrictions would open the border to products too cruel to produce here. 🥚 Like processed egg products from battery cages. As @BEICTeam warns, these can be imported easily and used in food manufacturing unbeknownst to consumers.
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🚜 The GCC is making unprecedented investment in agricultural investment, representing significant trading potential. 🚧 However, this expansion is based on intensive systems that prioritise cost competitiveness over welfare considerations.
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🇬🇧 As the UK advances trade negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), critical differences in animal welfare standards require attention. 🧵Read on.
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RT @D_G_Alexander: I’m in South Korea meeting with Trade Minister Yeo @MOTIEKoreaEng to advance trade negotiations that are aimed at streng….
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🇬🇧 84% of Brits want to restrict or ban lower-welfare imports. Yet we still import products farmed through cruel systems that are illegal here. Time to close this gap in #trade policy. Tell @DefraGovUK Secretary of State @SteveReedMP: #UK #animalwelfare
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RT @natalieben: Produced to far worse environmental and #AnimalWelfare standards.
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Sharp uptick in prime cuts is distorting the UK market, say industry groups
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☝️Follow us to learn more about the importance of upholding animal welfare standards in international trade.
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The UK Government must ensure our animal welfare standards are protected in all trade deals. It should consider introducing restrictions on imports that do not meet our animal welfare standards.
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⚠️UK law requires animals to be stunned before slaughter (with limited religious exemptions). GCC countries typically don't require stunning at all, meaning animals remain fully conscious during slaughter.
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🐔UK regulations cap stocking densities at 39kg/m² for broiler chickens, with many UK producers committing to better standards (30kg/m²). GCC countries have no minimum standards, with some facilities cramming birds at densities up to 50kg/m² - far exceeding UK legal limits.
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🥚The UK banned battery cages in 2012. It currently permits enriched colony systems with at least 750cm² per hen. GCC countries still widely use battery cage systems giving hens just 440cm² - less space than an A4 sheet of paper.
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As the UK negotiates a trade deal with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, we're especially concerned about the significant animal welfare gaps that could undermine UK standards via imports.
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🇬🇧We share @NFUtweets's concern about trade deals allowing imports produced in ways banned in the UK. While @Keir_Starmer's assurances on food standards are welcome, we need firm guarantees that animal welfare -not just hygiene-will be protected in all trade deals. 🧵.
🇬🇧🚜 The NFU has secured a new personal pledge from the prime minister: UK food and animal welfare standards will not be sacrificed in trade deals, he said.
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This is what we're working towards in the UK & New Zealand: closing the loophole that lets countries outsource cruelty through trade. ⚠️ Follow us to keep up-to-date with our work to stop the double standards and improve the lives of farmed animals worldwide.
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US states like California & Massachusetts have already done this - banning the sale of pork from crated pigs, wherever it's produced. The EU is now planning to apply new animal welfare laws to imports.
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This thread draws from our submission to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the Fur Free Europe initiative. 🔗 Read the full piece here:. #FurFreeEurope #trade #AnimalWelfare #EUlaw.
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Animal Policy International has submitted comprehensive evidence to the European Commission supporting the Fur Free Europe initiative, calling for an EU-wide ban on fur farming and the importation of...
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EU citizens demand higher welfare standards, including from imports. Over 1.5 million people signed the Fur Free Europe European Citizens' Initiative in 2023 calling for an end to fur farming in Europe. 93% of EU citizens expect imported animal products to meet EU standards.
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