Animal welfare: the risk managerâs perspective

Andrea Gavinelli; Maria Ferrara

Animal welfare: the risk managerâs perspective

In: Welfare of production animals: assessment and management of risks

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Andrea Gavinelli

Andrea Gavinelli European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Consumers, Unit D5, Animal Welfare, Office: Rue Froissart 101, 1040 Brussels, Belgium; Andrea. Gavinelli@ec.europa.eu, Maria.Ferrara@ec.europa.eu

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Maria Ferrara

Maria Ferrara European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Consumers, Unit D5, Animal Welfare, Office: Rue Froissart 101, 1040 Brussels, Belgium; Andrea. Gavinelli@ec.europa.eu, Maria.Ferrara@ec.europa.eu

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/9789086866908_018

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In the European Union animal welfare today is conceived by many citizens as an attribute of an overall âfood quality conceptâ where animal farming is not seen just a means of food production but it is strictly related to the achievements of other key social goals such as animal health, food safety and quality, safeguarding environmental protection, sustainability and enhancing the quality of life in rural areas. In particular, the impact of food production on the life of rural populations has led to increased awareness of the need to develop animal farming systems able to interface the production process with the social and cultural aspects of the region they are located and with the specific product characteristics (Blokhuis et al., 2008). This quite vast area of interaction where animal welfare is placed is reflected in one of the main principles agreed in the contest of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) defining: âanimal welfare is a complex, multi-faceted public policy issue that includes important scientific, ethical, economic and political dimensionsâ. Policy making and the risk managerâs perspectives in the animal welfare field are not just strictly limited to risk management, understood as reduction and prevention of risks. Instead the European policy making in animal welfare, including its international dimension, integrates the prevention and reduction of risks together with the promotion of benefits in terms of good animal and human life as well as in terms of livestock related livelihood.

Several policy options can be combined to provide parallel and complementary approaches to prevention/reduction of animal welfare risks as well as to the promotion of good quality of life. In this context, the overall aim of the European Commission in its policy making process is to initiate a broad debate to shape a widely accepted policy on animal welfare at European and international level that could continue to lead globally.

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Welfare of production animals: assessment and management of risks

Series:Â ECVPH Food safety assurance, Volume: 5

E-Book ISBN:: 9789086866908

Publisher:: Wageningen Academic

Print Publication Date:: 30 Oct 2009

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