[nomadking]

Originally Posted by jfman

Export legally, and presumably products that adhere to EU standards?

I note you’re use of “we are unlikely”; that isn’t certain. The EU Single Market will not survive if it’s to be left with what you consider likely not or otherwise.



Do we hold our values high enough to set UK standards above EU ones at present?

Grateful for examples of this, if we do.

Doesn't matter one little jot whether our current or future standards are lower or higher. The EU copes with differences at the moment.

Regulatory differences
Highlights of the document include:

• Sow stalls, banned in the UK in 1999 and partially banned across most of the rest of the EU, are still legally permitted in the US, Canada and Brazil
• In the UK, 40% of sows are outdoors and 90% of indoor sows and 60% of finishing pigs are kept on straw. But very few, if any, pigs are kept outdoors or on straw indoors in the rest of the EU, apart from in Sweden, or the rest of the world

Danish welfare legislation and standards
Although Danish animal welfare legislation is linked to EU Directives, in many areas it exceeds these requirements. Some examples include the mandatory provision of showering systems for most categories of pigs and requirements for fixed or drained flooring rather than the more traditional type of fully slatted floor. In addition, there are specific requirements for hospital pens and vehicles for transporting pigs.

The net result is that animal welfare conditions in the Union fall short of a level playing field which is required to sustain the enormous economic activity that drives the treatment of animals in the European Union” (European Commission, 2012).