Agriculture and Fisheries
Sound animal husbandry and healthy animals
Sound animal husbandry is key to the well-being of animals, to consumer confidence in food production, to public health and to the producers’ financial situation. Good animal welfare is essential for sound animal husbandry.
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The aim of the Swedish Presidency is to advance work on animal welfare issues and to keep the debate alive on the importance of good animal welfare in the EU. Several animal welfare issues will be on the agenda during the autumn of 2009, including a conference on animal welfare to be held on 8–9 October in Uppsala.
More and more EU citizens are becoming interested in the issue of how we treat our animals. Sweden has a strong profile in animal welfare issues, both within the EU and internationally. The EU strategy for animal health – ‘Prevention is Better than Cure’ – is important for future animal husbandry in the EU. During the Presidency the Government will be active in ensuring that the Council participates constructively in these discussions.
Making decisions on rural development and fishing quotas
Once a month, the Union’s ministers for agriculture and/or fisheries meet. Issues on the agenda could include food control, animal rights or quotas for Europe’s fishing waters. The ministers also gather for an informal meeting once during each six-month presidency. During the Swedish Presidency, this will take place on 13-15 September in Växjö, under the leadership of Sweden’s Minister for Agriculture, Eskil Erlandsson.
More about agriculture and fisheries
- Working Parties Agriculture and Fisheries
- Agriculture and Fisheries Council
- European Commission: Fisheries
- European Commission: Agriculture and Rural Development
- European Commission: Food Safety, Animal Welfare and Plant Health
- European Parliament: Agriculture and fisheries
- European Parliament: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
- European Parliament: Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
- European Parliament: Fisheries (PECH)
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