In 2013, agreements were made: by January 2016 would all the meat in large supermarkets have a Better Life mark with at least one star.
Meanwhile, the time has come, but guess what? At Aldi has 91 percent of the pork no mark. At Jumbo and Vomar is 60 percent.
These disappointing results are research Foundation Pigs in Need. The supermarkets do best, its Albert Heijn and Lidl, as well as 18 percent still no label. The consumer does not know at this meat the conditions under which the animals lived.
BAD CONDITIONS
Pigs in factory farms are heavy: they live in cramped stalls, bobbed tails, give birth too often of little piglets and get little or no air. To improve these living conditions, Animal called the Better Life mark in life.
The label should help consumers make informed choices when buying meat. The label has three levels that can be recognized by the number of stars it gets meat. One star stands for a little bit would be most friendly a better life and a three star.
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Pigs in Distress, a foundation that aims to improve living conditions of pigs find it blame the supermarkets do not respect the agreements. Therefore, the foundation wants to start proceedings. With this she hopes the agreements are still met.
According to the Central Bureau of Food (CBL), the trade association of supermarkets, this is not an issue. The meat in the stores would indeed meet the requirements of the label, even if not on the packaging.
BETTER LIFE?
Pigs for slaughter have much to endure. They live in an area of no more than 0.8 square meters, by poor air quality suffering the animals pleurisy and pneumonia, and the food is often of poor quality. This ensures that 50 percent of the animals suffering from gastrointestinal disorders, according Pigs in Need. In one star improves circumstance something, the pig has more living space 20 square centimeters. With two stars the animal must also go out and keeps his curly tail. In three stars is the transportation time is limited to a maximum of six hours of transport behind the other. The animal must have at least 1.3 square meters of space.
The consumer program Radar Jumbo responded that butchers in supermarkets would not be certified to provide packages of the Better Life Quality Mark. The supermarket chain late after the show know that this ban has been lifted. See the entire program of radar here.
Elena van Doorn / Source: Metronieuws.nl/ © Reuters
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