Brussels, 15/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - “More than 51 million hens in 11 member states will still be being kept in unenriched cage systems on 1 January 2012”, possibly leading to infringement procedures against these countries (which include Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Hungary, Poland and Cyprus), Health Commissioner John Dalli announced at a meeting of European agriculture ministers in Brussels on Monday 14 November.
The commissioner said that he would not allow countries any...