Session 04. Societal demands and policy instruments in relation to animal welfare and food production

Date: 23 August 2010; 08:30 - 12:30 hours
Chairperson: Spoolder (NL)

Theatre Session 04

• Will new regulation focusing on outcomes meet society’s demand for improved animal welfare?
  Sandøe, P., Jensen, K.K. and Sørensen, J.T.
• Animal welfare initiatives in Europe: goals, instruments, actors and success factors analyzed in the EconWelfare project
  Schmid, O. and Kilchsperger, R.
• Strengths and weaknesses of animal welfare standards
  De Roest, K. and Ferrari, P.
• Econwelfare: designing policy instruments and indicators for good animal welfare in a socio-economic context
  Immink, V., Ingenbleek, P., Hubbard, C., Garrod, G., Guy, J. and Keeling, L.
• Animal welfare policy: directions for solutions
  Backus, G., Immink, V. and Ingenbleek, P.
• Promoting animal welfare: an example in french cattle slaughterhouses
  Mirabito, L., Marzin, V., Morlevat, S., Alleyrangues, X., Frencia, J.P. and Vialter, S.
• Religious slaughter: improving knowledge and expertise through dialogue and debate on issues of welfare, legislation and socio-economic aspects
  Miele, M. and Anil, H.

Poster Session 04

• Farm animal welfare and purchasing behaviour
  Sossidou, E.N., Szücs, E., Konrád, S., Cziszter, L., Peneva, M., Venglovsky, J. and Bozkurt, Z.