date:Jan 04, 2013
Up to 40% of EU pigs are now supplied by farms that flout the new animal welfare rules by continuing to confine sows in individual metal cages known as stalls, claimed the National Pig Association (NPA).
The NPA said up to 80% of EU countries had not complied with ban, according to statistics published by Brussels last month. France was only 33% compliant with the European stalls ban, Germany only 48% and Ireland only 57%. Other countries unlikely to hit the deadline included Belgium, Italy, th