EU may scrap animal welfare plan over fears it will drive up food costs
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Scaled-back plan may be proposed to reflect living costs hiked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
By James Crisp
The European Union may scrap plans for stricter animal welfare and environmental protections because the rules could drive up food costs.
Brussels had promised to stop practices such as the killing of day-old chicks, the sale and production of fur, and the use of cages for livestock.
According to the Financial Times (FT), the European Commission has now dropped the plans and a law designed to increase green food production across the bloc.
However, one EU official said a scaled-back animal welfare plan would instead be put forward to reflect the rise in food prices brought in after Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.
Joe Moran, Director of European Policy at the animal campaign group Four Paws, said: ‘Some in the commission are worried about the cost.’
The EU executive has carried out an impact assessment into the cost of the new regulations.
The report said the rules wou...
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