EU PROGRAMME IN RUMINANTS ANIMAL WELFARE IN SPAIN AND HUNGARY (2022-2024)

2026-07-22

The European production model follows the highest quality and food safety standards in the world, controlled by a traceability system from farm to table, guaranteeing healthy, safe, top quality food produced with low environmental impact. Regarding Animal Welfare, the EU has also the most demanding legislation in the world. Today consumers are especially aware of these issues and the sheep, goat and cattle IBOs of Spain and Hungary have taken note and have joined with the commitment to promote animal welfare policies that are collected both globally, through the FAO and the UN’s SDGs, as well as those that are framed within the EU's sustainability policies. This commitment has materialized in Spain in an animal welfare certification that allows the consumer to distinguish these products at the point of sale. In Hungary it is in the process of being implemented. The aim of this project is to: - Inform consumers about the European production model, specifically about animal welfare in the sheep, goat and beef cattle sector in Spain and Hungary, so that they can learn about the animal welfare requirements that are met in the production process. - In Spain, to disseminate information on the animal welfare certificates Animal Welfair INTEROVIC Spain and Provacuno Animal Welfair Spain, which certifies good animal welfare practices in the Spanish sheep, goat and beef cattle sector and enables these products to be distinguished at the point of sale. - In Hungary, to work on the development of informative tools related to Animal Welfare. - To inform and help sheep, goat and beef cattle farmers in Spain and Hungary to work their farms reconciling their productivity with the protection of the environment, the rational use of natural resources and animal welfare.

Spain

2025-12-15