Spain has a satisfactory system of official welfare controls regarding laying hens within the country, according to a report by the EU’s Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) that was published on Wednesday 13 April.
The report by the EU experts concludes that the administrative and legal framework (at central and autonomous community level) “ adequately supports the system of official controls on animal welfare in place”.
The implementation of these official controls covers the full laying hen production chain, gives good assurances that laying hen farms start production only if they comply with animal welfare structural requirements and includes actions for non-compliance that obtain appropriate corrective action from farmers, according to the FVO report.
In addition, the system of controls on egg labelling and coordination between authorities involved satisfactorily ensures labelling with the correct egg production code.
The official controls in place are generally effective in ensuring animal welfare all along the laying hen production chain, EU veterinarians have concluded. Link to the report in question: https://aeur.eu/f/18z (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)