Presentations at Brussels workshop Stopping Castration posted online
On 26 February 2015, the parties involved in stopping the castration of male piglets met in Brussels. During the morning programme, the members of the various expert groups reported on the progress of...
View ArticleREWE Group verbannt Fleisch unbetäubt kastrierter Schweine aus dem Sortiment...
Ab dem 1. Januar 2017 will die REWE Group bei ihren Eigenmarken kein Frischfleisch mehr verkaufen, welches von betäubungslos kastrierten Schweinen stammt. Diese richtungsweisende und für den deutschen...
View ArticleRace is on to find solution to boar taint
With the possibility of January 1 2018 marking the end of the use of castration as a solution to boar taint the search for alternatives has begun. One such alternative being investigated at Aarhus...
View ArticleReduced boar taint in lightweight and clean pigs
The risk of boar taint in meat from organic entire male pigs can be reduced if the pigs are kept clean from manure and if the live weight at slaughter is lower than usual. Read more >
View ArticlePromising ideas, but where are the swine producers?
During the recent International Conference on Pig Welfare in Denmark, a position paper addressing the ways forward for swine welfare legislation was signed by the Danish, Swedish, German and Dutch...
View ArticleResearch on consumer acceptance in four European countries
At the 61st International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, 23-28th August 2015, Clermont-Ferrand, France the results were presented of the research project ‘Consumer acceptance of pork patties...
View ArticleTierwohl in Deutschland eine soziale Norm
Zusammen mit der Landwirtschaftskammer Nordrhein-Westfalen und der Landesvereinigung Ökologischer Landbau Nordrhein-Westfalen lud das Aktionsbündnis Bioschweinehalter Deutschland e.V. am 27. und 28....
View ArticleGathering Bayerischer Bauernverband
Alternatives to castration On 17 and December 18, 2015 a gathering is organized in Herrsching am Ammersse near to Munich about whether or not to castrate male piglets. The organization is in the hands...
View ArticleOpportunities and threats
On the invitation of the European Commission and the Belgian Presidency of 2010 and following a workshop on alternatives for pig castration, representatives of European farmers, meat industry and...
View ArticleThe research program on ending castration of male pigs by Wageningen UR Life...
The paper presenting the results of the program was aimed at evaluating 1) sensory evaluation of meat from entire mail pigs 2) preventive measures to reduce boar taint prevalence 3) accuracy of...
View ArticleStudy: How to lower occurrence of boar taint
Researchers from the Netherlands are about to publish an extensive research towards the reduction of boar taint when raising en using entire males in the food chain. The paper, to be published in the...
View ArticleBelgian research on housing pigs and effect on boar taint
Eline Kowalski, a student at the University of Ghent conducted a study for her master’s thesis, to examine the effect of separated and mixed fattening of pigs on boar taint. The study follows the...
View ArticleSymposium on “stopping castration of piglets without anesthesia – Roadmap to...
QS Qualität und Sicherheit GmbH and the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture organized a symposium on “stopping castration without anesthesia from piglets – Roadmap to 2019″. The event takes place...
View ArticleDetailed program symposium June 9, 2016 , stopping castration from piglets...
Following the news of May 19, 2016 on the symposium in Germany on stopping castration of piglets without anesthesia – Roadmap to 2019 , now the detailed program (in German) is known. If you have not...
View ArticleResearch on consumer acceptance in four European countries
At the 61st International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, 23-28th August 2015, Clermont-Ferrand, France the results were presented of the research project ‘Consumer acceptance of pork patties...
View ArticleTierwohl in Deutschland eine soziale Norm
Zusammen mit der Landwirtschaftskammer Nordrhein-Westfalen und der Landesvereinigung Ökologischer Landbau Nordrhein-Westfalen lud das Aktionsbündnis Bioschweinehalter Deutschland e.V. am 27. und 28....
View ArticleSymposium 9. June 2016 in Berlin, ending castration of piglets without...
On June 9, 2016, the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture organizes a symposium on the theme of ending castration of piglets without anesthesia. The symposium will take place in Berlin. The various...
View Article2018 is in sight. The countdown started also in Germany
From January 1, 2019 pigs in Germany may no longer be castrated without anesthesia. This is enshrined in German law. Major marketparties such as Rewe, Edeka Südwest, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd want to move...
View ArticleCampig Boar taint research in Russia and China
Recent results are known from Campig boar taint research among 120 Russian and 120 Chinese female consumers. The study focused on the sensitivity to androstenone and skatole in the study population and...
View ArticleBan on castration of piglets without anesthesia in Germany
Journalist Renate Kühcke of Fleischwirtschaft.de writes an analysis of the current status of pig castration in Germany. As of January 1, 2019, the ban on castration without anesthesia is irrevocable....
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