The Dutch delegation drew the attention of the Agriculture Council in Brussels on Monday 23 January to the effects of highly pathogenic avian influenza. Outbreaks of this disease have been discovered in several EU countries since October 2016, on the health of poultry, animal welfare, commercial poultry farmers and trade.
The Netherlands highlighted the harmful consequences of prolonged compulsory confinement of poultry on organic and free-range egg production. It called on the Commission to...