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Conclusions<br />

• Environmental impact is part of several, nonreducible<br />

attributes of food quality<br />

• Tradeoffs needed <strong>between</strong> <strong>animal</strong> <strong>welfare</strong>,<br />

medicine use <strong>and</strong> environmental impact<br />

• The driving force in the retail sector is food<br />

safety issues <strong>and</strong> traceability<br />

• Minimum levels of Animal <strong>welfare</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

environmental sustainability is dem<strong>and</strong>ed in<br />

retail sector using GAP benchmarking<br />

• <strong>LCA</strong> as a tool fits well with traceability<br />

approach <strong>and</strong> may improve benchmarking<br />

Ministry of Food, Agriculture <strong>and</strong> Fisheries<br />

Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences<br />

Department of Agroecology

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