date:May 24, 2012
ed non-organic in the EU, while others would also be deemed illegal on animal welfare grounds.
It added that the US standards lack detailed welfare provision for example, bathing water is not required for ducks, routine mutilations are not prohibited and stocking density is not specified for any species in the US.
Philip Lymbery, CIWFs CEO said: If the EU feels this is the time to negotiate an equivalency deal with the US, it is wide of the mark. I simply cannot believe that the EU has acce