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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS TO KEEP LAYING HENScages, has suggested that, in economic terms at least, enriched cages are likely to be broadlycompetitive with traditional battery cage systems (although the study makes no direct comparisonwith conventional systems). The government is, however, unwilling to accept the enriched cage ascurrently defined by EU legislation and is instead seeking to establish a definition of what is termed a‘Klein Voliere’ or small scale barn production. This definition will need to be agreed and tested as towhether it meets animal welfare requirements and this will take some time. Sector representativesargue that in order for production from ‘enriched’ cages or similar systems to be viable the EUlabelling legislation needs to be amended to enable a separate/additional marketing category for suchsystems to be identifiable for the consumer.190

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