Cutting animal transport times is just the start, says Agriculture Committee

Cutting animal transport times is just the start, says Agriculture Committee

The welfare of animals in transport must be improved, but cutting transport time to eight hours must be supplemented by  other measures, such as support for local slaughterhouses and meat  processing plants, upgrading transport vehicles and  full and uniform control of compliance with existing rules throughout the EU, said many Agriculture Committee MEPs in a  debate on Monday.  (...)