date:Jun 16, 2012
oducers will be unable to meet the January 2013 deadline to get sows out of stalls, except for the first four weeks of pregnancy.
Wholly banned
In Britain, where pig producers conform to higher welfare standards, stalls have been wholly banned for 13 years.
Following this weeks meeting with Paice, Stewart Houston, chairman of the British Pig Executive, said the industry would now discuss the various pledges that had been made in more detail, to ensure they will be honoured.
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