Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Evidence gaps hinder animal welfare progress in the European Union

  • Correspondence
  • Published:

From Nature Food

View current issue Submit your manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. European Commission. Commission Staff Working Document Fitness Check of the EU Animal Welfare Legislation (European Commission, 2022).

  2. Wieck, C. & Dusel, S. in Commission Staff Working Document Fitness Check of the EU Animal Welfare Legislation (European Commission, 2022).

  3. Deconinck, K., Giner, C., Jackson, L. A. & Toyama, L. Overcoming Evidence Gaps on Food Systems (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2021).

  4. European Commission. Overview Report: The Use of Indicators for Animal Welfare at Farm Level (European Commission, 2022).

  5. European Court of Auditors. Special Report No. 31/2018: Animal Welfare in the EU: Closing the Gap Between Ambitious Goals and Practical Implementation (European Court of Auditors, 2018).

  6. FADN Database. Standard Results About the Economic Situation of EU Farms by Different Groups (European Commission); https://go.nature.com/3GeBFS2

  7. Devot, A. et al. Study on CAP Measures and Instruments Promoting Animal Welfare and Reduction of Antimicrobials Use (Agrosynergie, 2022).

  8. Maestre, M., Campbell, L., Etienne, J., Cook, E. & Matulina, A. Study on Animal Welfare Labelling (ICF, 2022).

  9. Becker, S., Grajewski, R. & Rehburg, P. Where Does the Money Go? Working Paper on the Common Agricultural Policy 2023-2027. Thünen Working Paper 191 [German] (Thünen Institute, 2022); https://go.nature.com/415RKSD

  10. Bock, A.-K., Bontoux, L. & Rudkin, J.-E. Concepts for a Sustainable EU Food System. Reflections from a Participatory Process (European Commission, 2022).

  11. Van der Stede, Y. et al. Theme (Concept) Paper – More Welfare: Towards New Risk Assessment Methodologies and Harmonised Animal Welfare Data in the EU (European Food Safety Authority, 2022).

  12. EU Platform on Animal Welfare. Minutes of the Fifth Meeting of the Sub-group on Animal Welfare Labelling (EU Platform on Animal Welfare, 2022); https://go.nature.com/3lYEMXz

  13. Borchert Commission. Recommendations of the Competence Network on Animal Husbandry [German] (Borchert Commission, 2020); https://go.nature.com/3zvSMuU

Download references

Acknowledgements

We build on research that was supported by the European Commission (Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety) under Grant No. 2021/G5/094. The funding source was not involved in the conduct, contents or preparation of the article.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Agricultural and Food Policy, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

    Sara Dusel & Christine Wieck

Authors
  1. Sara Dusel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Christine Wieck
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Christine Wieck.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Dusel, S., Wieck, C. Evidence gaps hinder animal welfare progress in the European Union. Nat Food 4, 348–349 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00743-8

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00743-8

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation