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"en.20120704.25.3-370-000"2
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"According to the World Organisation for Animal Health, an animal is in ‘a good state of welfare if it is healthy, well nourished, safe, able to express innate behaviour and if it is not suffering from (…) pain, fear and distress’. The people who look after animals in the context of a business activity are mostly farmers. In order to ensure that animals have appropriate conditions, it is necessary to take many requirements into account, such as veterinary care, appropriate shelter, nutrition, humane treatment and humane slaughter/killing. For those involved in a business some compromise has to be found between animal welfare on the one hand and productivity and profitability on the other. In this context there is also the issue of ecological nutrition, or organic food, where compliance with animal welfare requirements constitutes a condition for the production of healthy and high quality products that are created with respect for the natural environment.
In EU legislation there are still very different regulations on the level of individual Member States, which results in differences in levels of animal welfare. To improve the present situation we must bring about a consolidation of internal EU regulations and ensure compliance with similar regulations by the third countries from which we import products of animal origin. Also, the European Commission does not take into account in its conclusions the effect that animal welfare has on public health, as proper care over animals could help in, for example, reducing the spread of diseases."@en1
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