The Written Declaration - Food from Farms not Factories:

1. Calls for the CAP post 2013 to provide increased support for farmers who move towards sustainable forms of pig husbandry respecting animal welfare and using local feed.

2. Calls for reforming a pork sector presently heavily dependent on imported protein feed and on exports of structural pork surpluses by introducing supply management of EU pork production, and regulating the market. This would include a ban of any form of export subsidy and an introduction of tariffs for imports of pork from third countries at prices below the EU average cost of production.

3. Calls on the EU to favours small and middle size farms with better distribution of farms among the regions and to adapt safety standards for small processing units to sell in their local market.

4. Calls on the EU to bring to an end the preventative use of antibiotics in pig farming.

5. Calls for improved enforcement of Council Directive on pig welfare 2008/120/EC that requires the provision of enrichment materials and prohibits routine tail docking.

6. Calls for the prohibition of injections of the chemical Pfizer Improvac R “vaccine” to replace piglet castration. Alternatives exist to replace castration.

Sign up this petition to support our effort in building a political frame where food comes from farms and not from factories.

If your organisation want to support the written declaration, please send an email to sofia@pigbusiness.co.uk

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