He says he is not convinced by the science he has seen on the matter and is worried the new rules could damage Britain's exports, which rely on a reputation for high welfare and meat hygiene standards.
For example, higher welfare payments to families would be covered by a separate dedicated account that is generally reserved for county programs.
We call for greater commitment to higher welfare standards for farmed animals.
In this article, we show how the online group-buying auction mechanism on the Internet can be effectively enhanced to produce higher welfare for the participants.
Lasse Bruun, head of campaigns for CIWF, said: "Intensively farmed chickens are already suffering from lack of space, lameness, weak legs and lung failure, yet this proposal will only make the situation worse and goes entirely against the public's demand for higher animal welfare".
Correlations for housing systems were expected to be negative, because higher expert scores implied higher welfare, whereas higher RC scores implied more risk for welfare, i.e. lower welfare.
The fact is that there is still not enough demand for higher-welfare meat, even for humans.
The bottom line, however, is that this will never happen if pet-food companies don't feel the demand for higher-welfare pet food from customers willing to pay for it.
